Category Archives: Sunday Homily

Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104; Romans 8:8-17; John 14:15-16, 23-26 SOME ROLES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Today is Pentecost Sunday. The term Pentecost comes from the Greek (Pentēkostē) meaning “fiftieth”. It refers to the festival celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover. In the New Testament, it refers to the fiftieth day after the Lord’s resurrection. […]

  Acts 1:1-11/Ps  47/Ephesians    1:17-23/Luke   24:46-53 Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai Unity begins with “U” Chapter 17 of John’s gospel contains the priestly prayer of Jesus Christ. Chapter 17:9-19 contains his prayer for the disciples while verses 20-26 contains his prayer for  believers. Jesus did not pray for the material and financial prosperity of all believers; rather he prayed […]

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐄 (Homily, 22/5/2022) Today’s gospel forms part of farewell speeches of Jesus Christ. While speaking about his departure he in John14:27 Jesus says; “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; I do not give you as the world gives”. Jesus could have given them houses, landed properties and […]

      Acts 14:21-27/ Ps.145: / Rev. 21:1-5/ John. 13:31-33a, 34-35 Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai Love as He has loved us   All the readings today present us with the theme “Newness”. What is new? In the first reading, it is the new communities founded by Paul and Barnabas. In the Second reading, it is […]

Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100; Revelations 7:9, 14-17; John 10:27-30 ********************************* There are two homily notes here; scroll down the page. You can equally press the red bell button at the left hand side of the page to subscribe so that you can always receive notification whenever there is an upload. Leave us with your […]

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ACTS 5:27-32.40-42/PS 30/REV.5:11-14/JOHN21:1-19 Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai Fruitful and Productive Life Today’s gospel presents us with the appearance of Jesus to seven of his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. It was a customary practice to fish at night and to sell the fish in the morning. Yet, Peter and the other six disciples had fished […]

ACTS5:12-16/PS.118/REV.1:9-19/JOHN:20:19-31 Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai Honest Doubt and Peace Pope John Paul II calls the second Sunday of Easter “Divine Mercy Sunday”. It is a special day when we give thanks to God for all that we have received from him as we have it in today’s psalm (Ps.118). We thank God for the gift of […]

HOMILY FOR EASTER SUNDAY YEAR C (17/4/2022) Acts 10:34, 37-43; Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9 Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai Easter and the Rest of us   The Bible says in 1 Cor. 15:14, that without the resurrection of Jesus Christ, “our preaching is in vain and our faith is in vain.” Again, in Rom.1:4 the […]

At Mass:  Isaiah 50:4-7/ Ps.22/ Philp.2:6-11/ Luke 22:14-23:56 ********************************* There are three homily notes here; scroll down the page. You can equally press the red bell button at the left hand side of the page to subscribe so that you can always receive notification whenever there is an upload. Leave us with your comments and […]