(“You must remove the old yeast of sin so that you will be entirely pure. Then you will be like a new batch of dough without any yeast, as indeed I know you actually are” – 1 Corinth…
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR (MONDAY) SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. FEBRUARY 18, 2019
MONDAY The evil act of Cain in today’s Frist Reading (cf. Gen. 4:1-15,25), depicts how sin rattles the relationship and bond between brothers. This is a kind of life outside the garden (paradise), roo…
HOMILY/REFLECTION FOR SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR C. FEBRUARY 17, 2019
The “Sermon on the Plain” in Today’s Gospel (6:17,20-26) is Luke’s version of the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew’s Gospel (5 – 7). In the Lukan account, it appears that Jesus happens to take sides w…
HOMILY/REFLECTION FOR (FRIDAY) FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. FEBRUARY 15, 2019
In the Prophetic Tradition of the Old Testament, deafness and blindness are figures of resistance to the message of God. It could be said that man became resistant (deaf) to the message of God at the …
HOMILY/REFLECTION FOR (SATURDAY) FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. FEBRUARY 16, 2019
The expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to ‘till the earth’ as seen in the First Reading (cf. Gen 3:9-24) negates the veracity of the tempter’s assurance that ‘they will not die…
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE OTHER CATHOLIC CHURCHES
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE OTHER CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sometime around March 2018 (precisely a week to my priestly ordination), as I was about going for a retreat in preparation for my ordination, …
“IS PORNOGRAPHY GOOD FOR MARRIED COUPLES?”
“IS PORNOGRAPHY GOOD FOR MARRIED COUPLES?” For almost three months now, I’ve been trying to resolve some issues between a couple. I must confess, it is one of the most difficult tasks I’ve ever hand…
IS TITHING NECESSARY FOR SALVATION?
IS TITHING NECESSARY FOR SALVATION? Greetings to you, my dear friends in Christ! I’ve been quite passive on the social media for some time now, for the ‘obvious reason’. However, my attention …
THE QUESTION OF ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ON ASH WEDNESDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY
THE QUESTION OF ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ON ASH WEDNESDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY Aside the question by Henry Ugochukwu JP on my Timeline (on the 15th of February, 2018) asking for the biblical backup that cov…
WHY SHOULD I PARTICIPATE IN THE “STATIONS OF THE CROSS” DURING LENT
It’s that time of the year again, a period which we in one accord in fellowship with the ages past, keep vigil with our heavenly Lord, in his temptations and his fast by contemplating his sorrowful pa…