THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Memorial) First Reading: 2Cor 5:14-21; Psalm: 103. R. v. 8a; Gospel: Lk 2:41-51 THE FAULTLESS HEART FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP At the age of twelve Jesus was now old enough to attend the feast of the Passover in Jerusalem. He got missing after the celebration but … [Read more…]
First Reading: Dt 7:6-11; Psalm: 103. R. v. 17; Second Reading: 1Jn 4:7-16; Gospel: Mt 11:25-30 THE HEART THAT TRULY LOVES FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP The heart is the seat of human feelings wherefrom our actions emerge. When we fall in love, our heart throbs. And when we are betrayed, hurt, or abandoned by … [Read more…]
First Reading: 2Cor 3:15-4:1.3-6; Psalm: 85. R. v. 10b; Gospel: Mt 5:20-26 PURE HEART, PURE OFFERING FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Our God is not so much interested in the bigness of our gifts but in the purity of our hearts. God looks at the heart that gives and not the hand that offers the … [Read more…]
First Reading: 2Cor 3:4-11; Psalm: 99. R. 9c; Gospel: Mt 5:17-19 LIVING THE COMMANDMENTS BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Just as St Paul alluded in the first reading, the old covenant was a written document unlike the new covenant which the Spirit has imprinted in our hearts. Moses always read the book of the … [Read more…]
ST ANTHONY OF PADUA P.D., (Memorial) White He was from a noble family but chose to be a poor Franciscan priest. After the burial of St Bernard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, Anthony left his order and entered the Friars Minor. He evangelise in Morocco. Anthony lived in a cave at San Paolo … [Read more…]
First Reading: 2Cor 1:1-7; Psalm: 34. R. 9a; Gospel: Mt 5:1-12 LIVING THE BLESSED LIFE BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP In the gospel of today Jesus taught from the mountain as an authoritative teacher just like Moses who in the Old Testament gave the law from the mountain. Jesus proclaimed ‘Blessed’ to the poor … [Read more…]
(CORPUS CHRISTI) [Solemnity] First Reading: Dt 8:2-3.14b-16a; Psalm: 147. R. v. 12a; Second Reading: 1Cor 10:16-17; Gospel: Jn 6:51-58 THE TRUE PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP On August 18, 1996, Father Alejandro Pezet was celebrating Holy Mass in a Catholic Church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After … [Read more…]
First Reading: Tb 12:1. 5-15. 20; Psalm: Tobit 13. R. 1b; Gospel: Mk 12:38-44 BEWARE OF EMPTY PRAISES FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honour … [Read more…]
First Reading: Tb 11:5-17; Psalm: 146. R. 1b; Gospel: Mk 12:35-37 GREATER THAN WHAT WE CALL HIM BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP It was the belief of the Jews that the Messiah would come from the line of David and rightfully called the “Son of David.” And just like David who fought for his … [Read more…]
First Reading: Tb 6:10-11; 7:1cd.9-17; 8:4-9a; Psalm: 128. R. 1a; Gospel: Mk 12:28b-34 KNOWING AND FOLLOWING THE RIGHT WAY BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP The scribe who came to Jesus in the gospel of today is one of the Pharisees who stood out different from his colleagues. Because often times when we speak of … [Read more…]
