EPHESIANS 2:19-22; PSALM 18; LUKE 6:12-19 The gospel recounts the naming of the Twelve Apostles by Jesus. Jesus spent time in prayer before he made his choice. We too should pray before we make important decisions. Today the Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude Thaddeus and St. Simon the Zealot. These were apostles who […]
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EPHESIANS 5:21-33; PSALM 128; LUKE 13:18-21 Jesus preached about the kingdom during the course of his earthly ministry. Jesus used different images and parables to speak to the people about the kingdom. Today’s gospel presents us with two of such parables: the Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Parable of the Yeast. The […]
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LIVING OUT YOUR VOCATION: A MOTHER OR A WIFE A mother is the female parent of a child. Mothers are women who inhabit or perform the role of bearing some relation to their children, who may or may not be their biological offspring. A wife is a female partner in a continuing marital relationship. The term […]
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Ephesians 4:32-5:8; Psalm 1; Luke 13:10-17 In the Gospel, Jesus heals a woman who was bent over for 18 years. It may be a physical condition. But the fact that Jesus says it was caused by a demon makes us to understand that her paralysis was a spiritual problem. Sometimes, our physical disorders are due […]
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Exodus 22:21-27; Ps. 18; 1Thess.1:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40 We have four homily notes here; please scroll down the page and be blessed. Do have a lovely week ahead! ****************** Fr. Evaristus Okeke:Love is all-encompassing Fr. Udochukwu Ibekwe: The Mark of Christianity Fr. Paul Oredipe: Love of God and Neighbour as Yourself Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai: The Greatest […]
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Ephesians 4:7-16; Psalm 122; Luke 13:1-9 Paul tells us that we all have our various roles in the Body of Christ. Each person’s role is different but ultimately each is for the spreading of the Good News. Therefore, we must do all we can to fulfil that role deligently. We easily neatpick people’s weak […]
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Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai Introduction Customarily, women gain their greatest joy and sense of accomplishment from being wives and mothers. They have always appreciated their mandate from God without contest and with all submissiveness. In recent years this drive has been weakened by feminist movement that has perfectly influenced many women to neglect these divinely ordained […]
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EPHESIANS 4:1-6; PSALM 23; LUKE 12:54-59 In the first reading Paul says we all form the Body of Christ and so he invites us to build up this body through selflessness, charity patience and faith in God. On the other hand, Jesus said to the Pharisees in the Gospel “You hypocrites! You know how to […]
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Ephesians 3:14-21; Psalm 33; Luke 12:49-53 Jesus says in today’s gospel reading that he has come to cast fire upon the earth and would that it was already kindled. Again, he said he has not come to bring peace but division. By popular consensus, this is unlike Jesus. From the Scripture Jesus is a […]
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Ephesians 3:2-12; Psalm – Isaiah 12; Luke 12:39-48 The grace of God is meant for all peoples – be they Jew, Gentile or pagan. Grace is an unmerited favour, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the divine nature […]