First Reading: Acts 14:19-28; Psalm: 145. R. v. 12a; Gospel: Jn 14:27-31a HIS GIFT OF PEACE BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Three years was enough for Jesus to establish a strong relationship with his disciples. These men who followed Jesus wherever he went came to see their master as their source of joy and … [Read more…]
First Reading: Acts 14:5-18; Psalm: 115. R. v. 1ab; Gospel: Jn 14:21-26 LOVE IS HIS WORD BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “I love you” is a very common statement in our world today. It is an endearment often used to announce one’s feeling of affection to another. It is easily heard but not often … [Read more…]
First Reading: Acts 6:1-7; Psalm: 33. R. v. 22; Second Reading: 1Pt 2:4-9; Gospel: Jn 14:1-12 NO GROWTH WITHOUT JUSTICE BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “Show me a growing community without dispute and controversies and I will prove to you how so surreptitiously they are starved of growth and progress.” (Anonymous) There are lots … [Read more…]
First Reading: Acts 13:44-52; Psalm: 98. R. v. 3cd; Gospel: Jn 14:7-14 GOD DETERMINES OUR SUCCESS BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP There are people who feel we cannot do or succeed without them. Those with this kind of mentality have the propensity to frustrate our efforts or choose not to readily co-operative with us … [Read more…]
First Reading: Acts 13:26-33; Psalm: 2. R. v. 7bc; Gospel: Jn 14:1-6 JESUS IS THE WAY TO HEAVEN BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Jesus saw very clearly how tensed and scared his disciples were because of his imminent death and departure. He then said to them “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in … [Read more…]
First Reading: Acts 13:13-25; Psalm: 89. R. v. 2a; Gospel: Jn 13:16-20 THE HUMBLE SERVANT BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP When we hear that God took the nature of man, it sounds so simple. But when we reflect deeply on this, we would discover that it was the most humiliating choice God had to … [Read more…]
SS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES (Feast) Red First Reading: 1Cor 15:1-8; Psalm: 19. R. v. 5a; Gospel: Jn 14:6-14 DEDICATED APOSTLES BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because … [Read more…]
First Reading: Acts 11:19-26; Psalm: 87. R. v. Ps 117:1a; Gospel: Jn 10:22-30 THE EVIL OF PREJUDICE BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP Claims can only be authenticated by evidence. In the absence of evidence, our claims become a mere hypothesis. But when there are sufficient evidences to substantiate a claim, the persistence of doubt … [Read more…]
First Reading: Acts 11:1-18; Psalm: 42. R. v. 3ab; Gospel: Jn 10:11-18 DO NOT DISCRIMINATE FOR GOD DOES NOT BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them” (Acts 11:3) The birth of Christianity was the beginning of a new family of God. When we chose to … [Read more…]
GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY First Reading: Acts 2:14a.36-41; Psalm: 23. R. v. 1; Second Reading: 1Pt 2:20b-25; Gospel: Jn 10:1-10 DISCERNING THE VOICE OF THE STRANGER BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers (Jn 10:5). These … [Read more…]
