ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, R. (Memorial) White He was an Italian and a son of a compulsive gambler. He was trained from age four as a soldier and courtier. Aloysius suffered from kidney disease which he considered a blessing as it left him bed-ridden with time for prayer. He received First Holy Communion from Charles Borromeo … [Read more…]
First Reading: 2Cor 8:1-9; Psalm: 146. R. 1b; Gospel: Mt 5:43-48 DRAWING FROM GOD’S DIVINE LOVE BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP The love of God for us is pure and impartial. It is the finest and the purest of all love. This unconditional love of God is made visible in his relationship with us. … [Read more…]
First Reading: 2Cor 6:1-10; Psalm: 98. R. v. 2a; Gospel: Mt 5:38-42 CHOOSING THE WAY OF MERCY BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Retaliation was a very common practice for ancient Israel. It was so cruel and incommensurate that it bred injustice and violence. To curtail this violence and promote justice, the law of retaliation … [Read more…]
First Reading: Ex 19:2-6a; Psalm: 100. R. v. 3c; Second Reading: Rm 5:5-11; Gospel: Mt 9:36-10:8 A LABOURER OR A HIRELING? BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.” (Mt 9:37-38) The above statement … [Read more…]
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…]
