First Reading: 2Kgs 5:14-17; Psalm: 98. R. v. 2; Second Reading: 2Tim 2:8-13; Gospel: Lk 17:11-19 OBEYING IN DOUBT BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “Now I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel” (2Kgs 5:15). There is a hidden truth in this declaration of faith by Naaman, the … [Read more…]
First Reading: Gal 3:22-29; Psalm: 105. Rv. 8a; Gospel: Lk 11:27-28. THE TESTIMONY OF GOD BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP The truest testimony is often not the self acclaimed testimony but the testimonies of people about us. We cannot claim to be good when every other person around us do not see us so. … [Read more…]
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (Memorial) White “The Rosary takes its inspiration from the Gospel to suggest the attitude with which the faithful should recite it. In the harmonious succession of Hail Mary’s, the Rosary puts before us once more a fundamental mystery of the Gospel – the incarnation of the Word, contemplated at the … [Read more…]
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…]
First Reading: Gen 2:18-24; Psalm: 128. R. v. 1a; Second Reading: 1Cor 12:31-13:8a; Gospel: Mk 10:6-9 LIVING THE CHRISTIAN MARRIED LIFE BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP I first met Jose and Marisca on the 31st of October 2021, few weeks after my arrival to South Africa. It was Nelson’s birthday, Jose’s brother-in-law. I remembered … [Read more…]
First Reading: Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4.; Psalm: 95. R. v. 7d.8a; Second Reading: 2Tim 1:6-8.13-14; Gospel: Lk 17:5-10 WHEN FAITH BECOMES DIFFICULT BY FR VALENTINE NNAMDI EGBUONU, MSP “And the Lord said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, ‘Be rooted up, and be planted in … [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…]
