First Reading: Gal 3:1-5; Psalm: Lk 1. R. v. 68; Gospel: Lk 11:5-13 ASKING AND TRUSTING ON GOD BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP God provides for us every day; especially what we need daily for our sustenance. God never stops doing this. But as human beings, our needs and wants are insatiable and they … [Read more…]
First Reading: Gal 2:1-2. 7-14; Psalm: 117. R. v. Mk 16:15; Gospel: Lk 11:1-4 A PRAYER OF COMMUNION BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP The Lord’s Prayer is a prayer of communion. This prayer reminds us that God is our Father and we are his children. Ordinarily, a father-child relationship requires the child to respect … [Read more…]
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI, REL. (Memorial) White Francis was the son of a rich cloth merchant who led a misspent youth. When he served as a soldier, he was imprisoned and got converted. Upon release from prison, he dressed in rough clothes and begged for his sustenance. He visited hospitals, served the sick, preached purity … [Read more…]
First Reading: Gal 1:6-12; Psalm: 111. R. v. 5b; Gospel: Lk 10:25-37 LOVE BEYOND PITY BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Love is not pitying one’s condition or predicament but offering a helping hand to lessening the burden of the needy or suffering person in question. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, the Priest … [Read more…]
ST THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, V.D. (Memorial) White Therese was born into a middle-class French family. She was cure of an illness at the age of eight when the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary smiled at her. She became a Carmelite nun at the age of 15. She is called the “Little Flower” … [Read more…]
ST JEROME P.D, (Memorial) White Jerome was born to a rich pagan family and he misspent his youth. After his conversion, he was baptized in 365 and began his study of theology. Ordained a priest, he was a student of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen, and secretary to Pope Damasus who commissioned him to revise the … [Read more…]
First Reading: Job 9:1-13. 14-16; Psalm: 88. R. v. 3a; Gospel: Lk 9:57-62 FOLLOW ME BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP From this narrative of the three would-be disciples, we see that our responses to God’s call to discipleship differ. God calls us every day and we respond different. But a lot of us fall … [Read more…]
ST VINCENT DE PAUL, P. (Memorial) White Vincent was born in 1581 in southwest France to a peasant family. As an intelligent youth, he spent four years with the Franciscan Friars getting education and studied theology in 1596 at the University of Toulouse. He was ordained at the age of 20 and was taken into … [Read more…]
First Reading: Job 1:6-22; Psalm: 17. R. v. 6b; Gospel: Lk 9:46-50 THE EVIL OF JEALOUSY BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP The argument among the disciples of Jesus on who was the greatest could be a possible development from their encounter with the man who was casting out demons in Jesus’ name. Apparently, after … [Read more…]
First Reading: Eccl 11:9-12:8; Psalm: 90. R. v. 1; Gospel: Lk 9:43b-45 THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Jesus said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.” Although his disciples listened but they did … [Read more…]
