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Marian Year 2017 / Ordinary Time / Twenty-Seventh Week / Weekdays / Year I

LET THE WORD OF GOD BEAR GOOD FRUIT IN YOU

⏰Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time 1 (14 October 2017) ????Joel 3:12-21; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 (R.v.12a); Luke 11:27-28 Yesterday, the Catholic Church in Nigeria gathered in the ancient city of Benin-City for the grand finale of Marian Year celebration and the re-consecration of Nigeria to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We prayed that we may seek to do the will of God as she did and taught (cf. John 2:5). The fruit of that prepared the ground for the commendation by the woman in the crowd (cf. Luke 11:27). To really understand the point which Luke 11:27-28...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Seventh Week / Weekdays / Year I

THE LORD WILL RULE THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE (Ps 9:9)

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time 1 (13 October 2017) ????Joel 1:13-15, 2:1-2; Ps 9:2-3, 6 and 16, 8-9 (R.v.9a); Luke 11:15-26 Do you remember what we said yesterday about the wicked prospering while the just seem to be falling back? The prophet Malachi said that in the end, the wicked will surely weep. Hence, we are encouraged to persevere in the God of providence. The prophet Joel threaded the same line as Malachi, but in his case, the doom’s day is very imminent. And the unfortunate thing is that even the wicked are waiting expectantly for that...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Seventh Week / Weekdays / Year I

BLESSED THE MAN WHO HAS PLACED HIS TRUST IN THE LORD (Ps 40:5)

⏰Thursday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time 1 (12 October 2017) ????Mal 3:13 – 4:2a; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 (Ps 40:5ab); Luke 11:5-13 Prov 23:17 says, Do not let your heart be envious of sinners. The Book of the prophet Malachi gives us a very familiar situation of things that we normally see around us the wicked prospering while the just wallow in poverty. But doom awaits the wicked in the end (cf. Mal 3:13 4:2). Hence, no matter how tough life becomes for us, we must never follow the way of the wicked so that we...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Seventh Week / Weekdays / Year I

“LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY” (Luke 11:1)

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time 1 (11 October 2017) ????Jonah 4:1-11; Ps 86:3-4, 5-6, 9-10 (R.v.15); Luke 11:1-4 Prayer is the raising up of the mind and heart to God. We pray to adore God, praise and thank him, and for more blessings and graces from him. Prayer also disposes us to accept the will of God. In Luke 11:1, Jesus was found by his disciples praying and they asked him to teach them how to pray. This does not mean that they were not used to praying before. As Jews, they have a system and times...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Seventh Week / Weekdays / Year I

ALL FOR GOD

⏰Tuesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time 1 (10 October 2017) ????Jonah 3:1-10; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 7bc-8 (R.v.3); Luke 10:38-42 The prompt response of Jonah when God called him a second time and that of the Ninevites after Jonah had called them to repentance (cf. Jon 3:1-10) challenge us on what must be our attitude towards the Word of God. That attitude must be one of readiness at all times to give ourselves completely to God without looking back nor giving rooms to distractions or procrastination (delay). Jesus brings out that attitude more clearly in his response to Martha’s...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Seventh Week / Weekdays / Year I

THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD NEVER CEASES CEASES

⏰Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time 1 (09 October 2016) ????Jonah 1:1-17, 2:1, 10; Jonah 2:2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (R.v.6d); Luke 10:25-37 It is a brand new week, and God has given us a message of hope to begin with as he normally does. He reminds us that his mercy is boundless and invites us to be messengers of that mercy without any hesitation. The stories in the book of Jonah, Chapters 1 and 2 explains well what the prophet Ezekiel meant when he said that God does not want the death of a sinner but that...

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Feasts and Solemnities / Ordinary Time / Twenty-Sixth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“REJOICE THAT YOUR NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN” (Luke 10:20)

⏰Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (07 Oct. 2016 – Memorial of Our Lady of Rosary) ????Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29; Ps 69:33-35, 36-37 (R.v.34a); Luke 10:17-24 There are many reasons people go to Church. Some are there to make up the crowd while some come to seek miracles because of troubles. Once they get the desired miracle, they are off again. For such people, God becomes a part-time friend who is visited only when the need arises. What is your own goal in this Christian journey? Where are you heading to? Are you working to get your name...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Sixth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“FOR THE SAKE OF THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME, FREE US, O LORD” (Ps 79:9)

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (06 Oct. 2016) ????Baruch 1:15-22; Ps 79:1-2, 3-5, 8, 9 (R.v.9bc); Luke 10:13-16 It is said that “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Prov 14:34). After the Jews had returned to their land from exile, some of them remained and settled in some of the colonies of the nations of their exile. They, nonetheless, maintained their religious and cultural identity and still gathered in synagogues. The Book of Baruch came from this setting and was meant to correct the godlessness and materialistic tendencies that have...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Sixth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WEPT WHEN THEY HEARD THE WORDS OF THE LAW” (Neh 8:9)

⏰Thursday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (05 Oct. 2017) ????Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (R.v.9ab); Luke 10:1-12 What effect does the word of God have on you when you hear it? Does it incite to repent and begin to live better or are you among those who have become so familiar with it that it makes little or no meaning to them? According to St. Paul, “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refuting error, for correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Tim 3:16). But today, many of...

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Feasts and Solemnities / Ordinary Time / Twenty-Sixth Week / Weekdays / Year I

LET US FOLLOW JESUS FAITHFULLY

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (04 Oct. 2017 – Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi) ????Neh 2:1-8; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 (R.v.6ab); Luke 9:57-62 Have you ever nursed the desire to follow Jesus or even promised him that you would follow him, but find yourself lagging behind? Don’t worry. There is only one thing you need to do now. Tell Jesus himself to help you follow him. You can never do it it well on your own. He is the one who calls, as well as the sustainer of the call and the defender of...