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Ordinary Time / Twelfth Week / Weekdays / Year I

DO NOT BE IN A HURRY; HAVE FAITH IN GOD!

⏰Thursday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (27 June 2019) 📖Gen 16:1-12, 15-16; Ps 106:1b-2, 3-4ab, 4c-5 (R.v.1b); Matt 7:21-29 🎤DO NOT BE IN A HURRY; HAVE FAITH IN GOD! My dear, what is normally the zeal that push you into going to worship God? Is it because you have faith in him or because you want him to be your ‘errand boy’ who you command to perform some miracles for you? At the end of his Sermon on the Mount, just before Matthew started a collation of his different miracles, Jesus reminds his followers that faith in...

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Ordinary Time / Twelfth Week / Weekdays / Year I

STAND AGAINST THE DECEITFUL ENEMY WITH A STRONG FAITH

⏰Wednesday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (26 June 2019) 📖Gen 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 (R.v.8a); Matt 7:15-20 🎤STAND AGAINST THE DECEITFUL ENEMY WITH A STRONG FAITH My dear, while it is true that “every sound tree bears good fruit” (Matt 7:17), it is indisputable that some deceptively-looking sound trees can be seen in the midst of really sound trees. Those are what Jesus described as false prophets who are wolves in sheep clothing. Jesus used the sermon on the mount (Matt 5:1 – 7:27) to expose the demands of the Kingdom of God to...

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Ordinary Time / Twelfth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE” (Matt 7:13)

⏰Tuesday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (25 June 2019) 📖Gen 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 (R.v.1a); Matt 7:6, 12-14 🎤”ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE” (Matt 7:13) My dear, do you wish to be saved? If yes, then you must follow the way that leads to life and enter through the narrow gate (cf. Matt 7:13-14). That way is already identified by Jesus in the Beatitudes (Matt 5:3-12). God wants all to be saved (cf. 1 Tim 2:4) but only a few choose to be saved (Matt 7:14; 22:14). Do you wish to be among those who...

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Ordinary Time / Seventh Week / Weekdays / Year I

“WHOEVER LOVES [WISDOM] LOVES LIFE” (Sir 4:11)

⏰Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time 1 (27 Feb 2019) 📖Sir 4:11-19; Ps 119:165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175 (R.v.165a); Mark 9:38-40 🎤”WHOEVER LOVES [WISDOM] LOVES LIFE” (Sir 4:11) Recall that, two days ago when we we began reading from the book of Sirach, which is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, we noted that Jesus is the wisdom of God. The author of that book had advised us from that very beginning to seek wisdom in all that we do. Today, he continued that advocacy, telling us that to seek wisdom is to seek life....

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Ordinary Time / Sixth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“MASTER, IT IS WELL THAT WE ARE HERE” (Mark 9:5)

⏰Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (23 February 2019 – Memorial of St. Polycarp) 📖Heb 11:1-7; Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11 (R.v.1b); Mark 9:2-13 “MASTER, IT IS WELL THAT WE ARE HERE” (Mark 9:5) My dear, it is the long awaited day in Nigeria. Today, we are going to file out to take a decision, either to push this country further into backwardness or to help lift it up. Remember today that your vote is your voice. Will you choose to speak against our collective progress because of selfishness? It is our decision to make on where to...

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Ordinary Time / Sixth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“BEWARE OF THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES…” (Mark 8:15)

⏰Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (19 February 2019) 📖Gen 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1a and 2, 3ac-4, 3b and 9c-10 (R.v.11b); Mark 8:14-21 🎤”BEWARE OF THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES…” (Mark 8:15) At the end of creation, God looked at all that he had done, and indeed, it was very good (Gen 1:31). One would then begin to wonder why things went so bad to the extent that God regretted creating man (Gen 6:6). That was because of the great evil that existed on earth. That increased to a great extent with the intermarriage between the...

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Fifth Week / Ordinary Time / Weekdays / Year I

GOD IS ENOUGH FOR YOU; BE CONTENTED WITH HIM

⏰Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (15 February 2019) 📖Gen 3:1-8; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7 (R.v.1a); Mark 7:31-37 GOD IS ENOUGH FOR YOU; BE CONTENTED WITH HIM How was your celebration of Valentine yesterday? Did you remember to help someone who is in need? In case you were selfish about it without reaching out to the poor, today is another day to make amends. In reaching out to the poor, we help Jesus to recreate the world. By showing love to others, many did win the favour of God in the past. Why not embrace that...

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Fifth Week / Ordinary Time / Weekdays / Year I

“IT IS NOT GOOD THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE” (Gen 2:18)

⏰Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (14 February 2019 – Memorial of Ss Cyril & Methodius) 📖Gen 2:18-25; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 (R.v.1a); Mark 7:24-30 “IT IS NOT GOOD THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE” (Gen 2:18) Today is the popular day known as the Valentine Day. The memorial of St. Valentine was placed today to abolish the ancient pagan practice where boys used to draw the names of girls in honour of their goddess, Februata Juno, on February 15. Unfortunately, Many are going to celebrate evil today in the name of celebrating love. Are we not going...

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Fifth Week / Ordinary Time / Weekdays / Year I

“HE SPOKE AND IT CAME TO BE” (Ps 33:9)

⏰Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (11 February 2019) 📖Gen 1:1-19; Ps 104:1-2a, 5-6, 10 and 12, 24 and 35c (R.v.31b); Mark 6:53-56 “HE SPOKE AND IT CAME TO BE” (Ps 33:9) The creation account in the Book of Genesis serves a number of purposes. It gives the theological explanation of the existence of all things that are. More than that however, it shows us the faithfulness and the all powerful nature of God, who spoke the word and things came into existence. The faithfulness was explained with the fulfilment of his spoken words. At the birth...

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Fourth Week / Ordinary Time / Weekdays / Year I

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW” (Matt 6:34)

⏰Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (07 February 2019) 📖Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 9-10, 11 (R.v.10); Mark 6:7-13 🎤DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW” (Matt 6:34) My dear, God wants us to have total confidence in him. That is one of the reasons why Jesus told his disciples not to carry anything extra while he sent them out on mission (Mark 6:7-13). He knows that if they worry less about their welfare, they will be more focused on their mission demands. As a matter of fact, he already said in another place that if only we...