Ex 17:3-7; Ps 94(95):1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 THEME: ONLY GOD CAN QUENCH OUR THIRST The first set of complaints by the people of Israel immediately God liberated them from slavery was about water and food. In Ex 15:22-25, they complained about ‘what to drink’ (15:24) and God made a bitter water drinkable […]
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1 Sam 16:1,6-7, 10-13; Psa 22; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 Theme: God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways The first reading of today presents us with the famous story of God’s choosing of David instead of his elder brothers. In the house of Jesse, Samuel demonstrated the general human way of seeing things. Upon seeing the eldest
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Ez 37:12-14; Ps 129(130); Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 A. CATECHETICAL APPROACH The three readings today speak on God’s gift of life beyond death. But the readings show that this restoration to life occurs to those who have an established link with God. In the first reading, the link is ‘My people’; in the second reading, it is
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Is 35:1-6,10; Jas 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 In the gospel reading today (Matt 11:2-11) we are presented with the message of John the Baptist to Jesus. It seems that John had doubt if Jesus was actually the man he prophesied about and prepared the people for his coming. In Matt 3:11-12, John the Baptist presented
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THEME: ALLOW THE LORD TO FEED YOU Deut 8:2-3, 14-16; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58 I consider the feast we celebrate today, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, as one of the most important feasts for every Christian. The first thing man struggles in life for, is to have something to eat.
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Rom 6:3-11; Matt 28:1-10 THEME: THE RESURRECTION OF MAN’S HOPE What is Man’s greatest Fear? Many people have considered death as man’s greatest fear. However, Psychology has proven this to be a half truth. Deep inside every man, is this fear, not so much of death, but of what happens to man in death. It
The coming back of the people of Israel from Babylonian exile was not all that very easy. After 70 years outside one’s own land, coming back to it, the people seemed like foreigners in their own land. Hence, they came back without knowing again whom they were and what made them a people. They had no king, nor
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Acts 6:8-10,7:54-59; Matt 10:17-22 Theme: Martyrdom As Christian Share in Christ’s Joy St. Stephen, who is one of the first deacons of the Church, is presented as the first martyr of the Church. Is it per chance that this feast is celebrated just immediately after the feast of the birth of Christ? After the birth
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Is 52:7-10; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 Theme: The Power Given to Those Who Accept Him After God has delivered the people of Israel from Egypt, in order to take them to the land promised to their ancestors, he led them through the desert. For forty years, the people were heading towards this Promise land through
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Be awake, even in the Nights We begin today the season of advent. Advent is from Latin word, “Adventus” meaning “Coming”. In the course of the church’s years, it has assumed also the sense of “Expectation”.These two words: “Coming” and “Expectation” put us into the very meaning of not just the Church’s liturgical season, but
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Isa 9:1-6; Titus 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Theme: The Birth of Christ is the Good News of a Great Joy To All of Us. Today, we celebrate the birth of Christ. The angel that came to the shepherds said to them: I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the
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It is Enough to of Christ Imagine after spending so many years, resources and energy, to build a very beautiful house for you and for many generations after you. And people, as they are passing by, are admiring the glory and the beauty of the house. On the day of the opening of the house,
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Reflection on Lk 19:1-10This passage presents us the character of Zacchaeus. The name “Zacchaeus” in Hebrew means “pure or righteous one”. Luke tells us that this man called Zacchaeus was a chief toll/tax collector. The tax collectors were seen as sinners, avoided, and dreaded by the people in the time of Jesus because, working for
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Theme: WE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT We celebrate today the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. In the gospel of last two Sundays, we hear Jesus promising his disciples that he will not leave them orphans (Jn 14:18), but that he will send them another Advocate. Today, we celebrate the fulfilment
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Ex 12:1-8,11-14; Ps 115(116):12-13,15-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 THEME: No Service Without Self Emptying and Denial. From chapter 12:44 to chapter 18 where Jesus is betrayed and arrested, St. John shows Jesus approaching his last earthly days with his disciples. Hence, Jesus, now alone with the disciples, tries to give them the summary and
Acts 10:34,37-43; Ps 117(118):1-2,16-17,22-23; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 THEME: You Need to Grow Up in Faith!!! “Do you realize that you are a senior student now?” “Why do you still behave as if you are a junior student?” “Come on man! You should behave more maturely; you are no longer a boy.” These and many similar expressions
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Isa 52:13-53:12; Ps 30(31):2,6,12-13,15-17,25; Heb 4:14-16,5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 Theme: Who are you looking for? At this end of Jesus’ life, it is important to see him asking the same question with which he started his earthly encounter as recorded by John. In Jn 1:38, when the two disciples of John were following Jesus, he turned
Isa 50:4-7; Psa 21(22):8-9,17-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Matt 26:14-27:66 The Passion Sunday launches us into the holiest and most important week of Church’s life. It begins the deepest moment of reflection, commemoration and the celebration of God who suffered for humankind. It gives us the particular opportunity to reflect on what God did for humankind and
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The Trinitarian doctrine is a mystery and uneasy to comprehend because it is something beyond man’s nature and principles. In man’s calculation, it is either something is one or that it is two, somethingcannot be one and at the same time more than one. Many theologians in the past (e.g Arius) tried to simplify this
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In the gospel today, the angel told the shepherds that the birth of Jesus brings great joy to all people. The question is “what is this great joy?” It is the joy that we now have Emmanuel which means “God is with us”. And when God is in our midst, it means that we live
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time1 Kgs 19:9,11-13; Ps 84(85):9-14; Rom 9:1-5; Matt 14:22-23 Theme: Be Calm, the Still Voice Comes after the Storm a. On our way to encounter the Lord The first reading and the gospel present us with two figures who were on their way to meet with the Lord. Elijah was asked
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Is 52:7-10; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 In the gospel, John presents us with two themes: the Word of God that has come to live with us; and what should be our attitude. After God has delivered the people of Israel from Egypt, in order to take them to the land promised to their ancestors, he
Sir 3:3-7, 14-17; Col 3:12-21; Matt 2:13-15, 19-23 The feast of the Holy Family is the feast of the family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Have you ever imagined how this family was? None of the evangelists, nor any other New Testament canonical books shares any information about how Jesus lived with Mary and Joseph.
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31st December 2023: Feast of the Holy FamilyReadings: Gen 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Psa 105:1-2,3-4,5-6,8-9; Heb 11:8,11-12,17-19; Lk 2:22-40 THEME: MY FAMILY, MY GIFTDearest in Christ, today, the last day and the last Sunday of 2023, the Church focuses on the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. When God wanted to come to man, he
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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time[Fr. Chukwuezugo Nnamah]First Reading: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2,9-14; Second Reading: 2 Thess 2:16-3:5;Gospel: Luke 20:27-38 MY VALUES, MY LIFE.The first reading today presents us a story of seven brothers with their mother from the second book of Maccabees. (We remember that 1st and 2nd Maccabees are among the seven Deutero-canonical books i.e.
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