The phrase “the sign of Jonah” was used by Jesus in the Gospels as a typological metaphor for His death, burial, and resurrection. The gospel of Matthew makes it...
Author - Chinaka Justin Mbaeri
A staunch Roman Catholic and an Apologist of the Christian faith. More about him here.
LENTEN REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY. MARCH 08, 2019
A distinctive feature in Judaism is its way of integrating the spiritual with the physical through fasting. For them, fasting was a way of denying the body all natural...
LENTEN REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY. MARCH 07, 2019
Back in those days at Secondary school, we learnt a great deal in the field of Economics. One of the interesting topics I enjoyed was “Opportunity Cost”, introduced by...
WHY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DEMANDS ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ON ASH WEDNESDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY FROM A SCRIPTURAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday must be understood as the Catholic Church Law. However, it must be noted that this Church’s law on abstinence from...
IS IT A SIN TO PLAY BET9JA; WHAT IS THE STAND OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THIS?
The question above was “thrown” at me by a disturbed friend who wanted to know the morality behind the popular Nigerian game called “Bet9ja”...
LENTEN REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR ASH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 06, 2019
It’s that time of the year again, a period in which we fellowship and keep vigil with our heavenly Lord, in his temptations and his fast. This is called the Lenten...
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR (TUESDAY) EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. MARCH 05, 2019
Today’s message is an extension/complement of yesterday’s Scriptural lesson. As we reflected yesterday, ‘salvation is both absolutely free and yet it costs one’s very...
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR (MONDAY) EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. MARCH 04, 2019
Scholars have attributed the “Eye of the Needle” to a narrow gate in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus, which was usually open in the evening after the City’s main...
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR C. MARCH 03, 2019
In biblical language, the heart is the center of our thoughts, desires and feelings; it is the source of our good or bad works and thirst for our decisions. What comes...
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR (FRIDAY) SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. MARCH 01, 2019
The dream for many people is to marry their best friend for a successful and happy home. In fact, the advice is very common today: “marry your best friend”. The old...