First Reading: Ezk 37:12-14; Psalm: 130. R. v. 7b; Second Reading: Rm 8:8-11; Gospel: Jn 11:1-45 HEALING FROM THE PAST BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP The gospel of today is replete with mixed feelings: anxiety, foreboding, sorrow, disappointment, hope, and joy. Lazarus’ sickness was obviously a serious one; the kind that had beaten treatment … [Read more…]
First Reading: 1Sm 16:1b. 6-7. 10-13; Psalm: 23. R. v. 1; Second Reading: Eph 5:8-14; Gospel: Jn 9:1-41 FROM REFLECTION TO FAITH BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Last Sunday, exactly a week ago, we read from the gospel of John a very detailed conversation between Jesus and a Samaritan woman. A conversation which culminated … [Read more…]
First Reading: Ex 17:3-7; Psalm: 95. R. v. 7d.8a; Second Reading: Rm 5:1-2.5-8; Gospel: Jn 4:5-42 THE GOD WHO SEES OUR INNER THIRST BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Most human actions and reactions are not a product of chance or accident. They are often occasioned by the effects of some past life events that … [Read more…]
First Reading: Gn 12:1-4a; Psalm: 33. R. v. 22; Second Reading: 2Tm 1:8b-10; Gospel: Mt 7:1-9 THE LESSON OF THE TRANSFIGURATION BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Nigeria had just concluded her 2023 Presidential election. An election that lacked credibility, transparency, fairness, and a true representation of democracy. During the collation of the election results, … [Read more…]
First Reading: Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Psalm: 51. R. v. 3a; Second Reading: Rom 5:12-19; Gospel: Mt 4:1-11 THE FRUITS OF LENTEN DISCIPLINE BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP As we begin the first Sunday of Lent today, the Church presents to us in the gospel reading the temptation of Jesus by the tempter, the devil. … [Read more…]
First Reading: Lev 19:1-2.17-18; Psalm: 103. R. v. 8a; Second Reading: 1Cor 3:16-23; Gospel: Mt 5:38-48 SEEKING DIVINE PERFECTION BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Mt 5:48). For the past three Sundays now, we have been reading from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. The … [Read more…]
First Reading: Sir 15:15-20; Psalm: 119. R. v. 1b; Second Reading: 1Cor 2:6-10; Gospel: Mt 5:17-37 THE ESSENCE OF THE COMMANDMENT BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “Laws are made not basically to guide but to form us.” (Anonymous) When God gave Israel the Ten Commandment, they understood it as a divine canon meant only … [Read more…]
First Reading: Is 58:7-10; Psalm: 112. R. v. 4a; Second Reading: 1Cor 2:1-5; Gospel: Mt 5:13-16 A PINCH OF SALT BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Immaculee Ilibagiza, a Rwandan-American and Tutsi by tribe was a survivor of the Rwandan genocide of 1994 that claimed the lives of over one million Rwandan, most of whom … [Read more…]
First Reading: Zep 2:3.3:12-13; Psalm: 146. R. v. Mt 5:3; Second Reading: 1Cor 1:26-31; Gospel: Mt 5:1-12a THE BEATITUDE VIA NEGATIVA BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP In the Christian tradition, the via negativa is a style of argument whereby we reach the knowledge of God by considering what God is not. Since God is … [Read more…]
First Reading: Is 9:1-4; Psalm: 27. R. v. 1a; Second Reading: 1Cor 1:10-13.17; Gospel: Mt 4:12-23 SEARCHING FOR LIFE’S OASIS BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP The Sahara Desert located in Northern Africa is the largest desert in the world. Geographically, this desert is made up mainly of rocky landscapes. An average percentage of its … [Read more…]
