15 October 2025
I celebrated the birthday of my friends – Chigozie and Chidozie Odoh. I thank them for the aged-long friendship and for their managerial contributions to the growth of our Foundation – VIFTOK.
15 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (C)
READINGS: Deut. 30:10-14; Psalm 68:14,17,30-31,33-34,36-37; Col 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 THEME: THE ROAD LEADING FROM JERICHO TO JERUSALEM? a. “WHAT SHALL I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?” (Lk 10:25) The gospel reading of today (Lk 10:25-37) says that a lawyer came to Jesus with the question “Master, what I do to inherit eternal life?” From the
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PENTECOST SUNDAY YEAR C
READINGS: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 103:1,24,29-31,34; Rom 8:8-17; John 14:15-16,23-26 THEME: WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE IS NO MISSION! A. WHAT IS PENTECOST? In the church’s liturgical calendar, the feast of Pentecost brings the Easter season to an end. But it is good to know that originally, Pentecost had nothing to do with the descent of
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sixth sunday of easter
READINGS: Acts 15:1-2,22-29; Psalm 67:2-3,5-6,8; Apoc. 21:10-14,22-23; Jon 14:23-29 THEME: NOT WHO YOU ARE BUT WHAT YOU DO! 1. IS SALVATION ONLY FOR THE CIRCUMCISED IN THE FLESH?Today’s first reading presents the first problem of the first converts and the Christian community and the first council – the council of Jerusalem (49-50 A.D.), where the
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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C
Readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalm 145:8-13a; Apoc 21:1-5; John 13:31-33,34-35Theme: GIVING THAT WHICH I MYSELF RECEIVE!!! The Newness of the Commandment In today’s gospel, Jesus gave his disciples a commandment to love and called it a ‘new commandment’ (Εντολὴν καινὴν). But te question is “What is new about this commandment?” Right from the time of the Old
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Readings: Acts 13:14,43-52; Psalm 100:1-3,5; Apoc 7:9,14-17; John 10:27-30 THEME: BE AMONG THE SHEEP OF CHRIST! The sheep of Jesus In today’s gospel, Jesus speaks of those who belong to him as his sheep. Of all the animals, why did Jesus use the sheep-comparison to speak of people who follow him? Generally, sheep are considered as animals
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PALM SUNDAY 2025 YEAR C
READINGS: Isa 50:4-7; Psa 22:8-9,17-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14-23:56 THEME: THE HOUR HAS COME! Throughout the gospel, but most vividly in the gospel according to St. John, the hour of Jesus is spoken mostly in three stages: the/his hour is coming (cf John 2:4, 7:30; 8:20); the hour has not come (cf John 4:23; 5:25; 16:2,4,25,32); the
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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C
READINGS: Deut 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2,10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 THEME: FORTY DAYS OF SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT FROM THE WATER OF BAPTISM TO THE WILDERNESS OF TRIAL Today’s gospel reading calls us to reflect on the Temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. According to the three synoptic gospels, there is a big jump from the birth and early childhood
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8TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR
READINGS: Ecclesiasticus 27:5-8; Psalm 92:2-3,13-16; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45 THEME: INTEGRITY NOT HYPOCRISY After this Sunday, we take a break from Ordinary Time of the Year and begin Lenten season which the Ash Wednesday this week ushers us in. As we prepare to enter Lenten season, the readings today offer us some guides to being real
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2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C
READINGS: Isa 62:1-5; Psalm 96:1-3,7-10; 1 Cor 12:4-11; John 2:1-11 THEME: THE NEW WINE OF CHRIST IS HERE! “THEY DO NOT HAVE WINE” The mother of Jesus, Jesus and his disciples were all together in a wedding feast. They were invited guests. In the course of the celebration, wine finished. Ordinarily, that wine gave out had nothing
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THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Readings: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Luke 3:15,16,21-22. Theme: The Life of My Baptism The feast of the Lord’s baptism concludes the Christmastide and opens the door again for the ordinary time of the year. Baptism and Prayer that bursts the heaven open In the gospel reading of today, the evangelist Luke says that when all
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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (YEAR C)
Readings: Zeph 3:14-18; Isa 12; Phil 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 Theme: What then Must We Do? Gaudete Sunday is an invitation to rejoice because the Lord whom we await is near. WHAT MUST WE DO? In today’s gospel, different groups came to John the Baptist, and each asked him “what must we do?” The people were looking
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33rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (B)
READINGS: Dan 12:1-3; Psa 16:5.8.9-10.2.11; Heb 10:11-14.8; Mark 13:24-32 THEME: Where will You be ‘After’ the Tribulation? There will be an ‘After’ We are gradually approaching the end of the church’s liturgical year and the readings of today, especially the first and the gospel reading, speak of the end of time. The thirteenth chapter of Mark’s gospel
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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Year (B)
Readings: Jer 31:7-9; Psa 126; Hebs 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 Theme: Cry Persistently to Christ. The Sitting Blindman The gospel reading which centers on the blind Bartimaeus, is the last episode we see in the gospel of Mark before Jesus enters Jerusalem. At this point, Jesus is on a move with Jerusalem, the city of his passion, as
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First Sunday Mass at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church Umumbo
The first Mass was children’s Mass at 7am. After the Mass, we decided to take a group picture of Fr. Henry with the children who attended Mass. The second Mass was at 9am. By the time the Mass started at exactly 9am, only one-quarter of the Church was occupied. But before homily, the church was
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