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MENTAL HEALTH PALAVER

Many persons on the streets are not normal but you won’t know. Some are under serious mental stress, hard drugs and emotional torture that require attention; but unfortunately… who cares? Many schools, families, churches, offices and organisations are currently battling with mad leaders and directors.   In 2022 Taiwo Obindo, the President of the Association of […]

HOMILY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD YEAR A (2/2/2023)

 THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD: LESSONS Malachi 3:1–4/Psalm 24:7,8,9,10/Hebrews 2:14–18/Luke 2:22–40 1. Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. It occurs forty days after our celebration of Christmas – the birth of Jesus Christ. On this day in biblical history the Holy family made a journey from Bethlehem to […]

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY THE FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (1\2\2023)

Over-familiarity Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15; Psalm 103; Mark 6:1-6 Jesus says; “A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country” One interpretation of this scripture is that if we dishonor a prophet, we will never be able to draw his covering. The gospel specifically mentions this as the reason why Jesus was unable to […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY THE FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 31/1/2023

CHRIST HEALS AND SAVES Hebrews 12:1-4/Psalm 21/Mark 5:21-43 In the Gospel, we are presented with two miracles that demonstrated Christ’s power over life and death. Christ heals the woman with haemorrhage and restores Jarius’ daughter back to life. We are challenged to express faith in Jesus and promote life. The woman has been suffering from […]

HOMILY FOR MONDAY THE FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II (30/1/2023)

DOMINION OVER DEMONS  Hebrews 11:32-40/Psalm 30/ Mark 5:1-20 The demon-possessed man possessed weird strength. The gospel says he wrenched chains apart and roams around causing disorder because no one could subdue him. They couldn’t subdue him probably because they tried to subdue him with their own strength. By using physical might, no one can defeat […]

HOMILY FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A

Our Attitude   Zephaniah 2:3,3:12-13/Psalm 145:6-10/1 Corinthians 1:26-31/Matthew 5:1-12 In today’s gospel he gives us with the beatitudes. The beatitudes are Christ’s commentaries on our attitude. These short phrases give us the perfect outline for authentic Christian life and salvation. Attitude is everything, let us improve on our attitude and live a life that reflects […]

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY THE THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (28/1/2023) Thomas Aquinas

Confidence Without Evidence Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Psalm – Luke 1:69-75; Mark 4:35-41 In Heb.11:1-19, the topic of faith is discussed through the examples of Abraham and Sarah. It started by defining faith as assurance about what we cannot see and assurance in what we hope for. Even though Sarah was infertile, God promised Abraham that […]

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY THE THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (27/1/2023)

Hebrews 10:32-39; Psalm 96; Mark 4:26-34 Jesus used different parables to speak to the people about the kingdom of God. Today’s gospel presents us with one of such parables – the Parable of the Mustard Seed. One could consider the mustard seed to be a metaphor for faith and development. Mustard is very small but […]