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Category: Year I

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

“THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST” (Rom 6:23)

⏰Thursday of the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (26 October 2017) ????Rom 6:19-23; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 (R. Ps 40:5ab); Luke 12:49-53 You see, out of laziness or wickedness, and in a bid to run away from our family responsibilities, many of us try to appeal to religion as a tool of division. Imagine a brother telling his siblings that he will not take care of them until they have embraced his religious orientation. Is that Christ-like? Even Christ himself embraced sinners. So, what does Jesus mean when he says that he has come to bring division...

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

TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED (Luke 12:48)

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (25 October 2017) ????Rom 6:12-18; Ps 124:1-3, 4-6, 7-8 (R.v.8a); Luke 12:39-48 Yesterday, we pointed out about two challenges which Christ’s coming into the world gives to us – to stay away from sin and to assist others to come to have a share in that salvation. These challenges are not optional to us as Christians. They are the only ways we can reciprocate the great love of God for us. Again, we pointed out that the time to begin is now as tomorrow might be too late. Are you in...

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

“HERE I AM, LORD; I COME TO DO YOUR WILL” (Ps 40:8, 9)

⏰Tuesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (24 October 2017) ????Rom 5:5, 12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 (R.v.8a, 9a); Luke 12:35-38 Are you encouraged by the account of our redemption which St. Paul gives us in Rom 5:12-21? St. Paul reminded us there that, through his coming, which we shall celebrate at Christmas in no distant time time, Jesus restored us back to life from death. That is a message of joy! Nonetheless, that places two important challenges to us: ???? We must work hard to stay away from sin, which initially placed us...

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

“TAKE HEED, AND BEWARE OF ALL COVETOUSNESS” (Luke 12:15)

⏰Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (23 October 2017) ????Rom 4:20-25; Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 (R.v.68); Luke 12:13-21 It is once again a new working week. May the blessings of God, which was bestowed upon Abraham in abundance be also granted to you, and may the Lion of the tribe of Judah fight your battles against all principalities and powers through Christ our Lord. Amen. I’m sorry that I was not here to meet with you yesterday. A matter of great importance which is also for the good of the Church took me away all day. But...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Eighth Week / Year I

HOPING AGAINST HOPE

⏰Saturday of the Twenty-Eight Week of Ordinary Time 1 (21 October 2017) ????Rom 4:13, 16-18; Ps 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43 (R.v.8a); Luke 12:8-12 My dear, truthfully, there are some situations you will meet in life and you might be forced to question the reality of God. In such situations, the only thing you see is the wall that blocks your way when the journey is still very far away. Do you know that Abraham went through such an experience but he remained steadfast in God? The promise for a child came to him at their very old age. And later, he...

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

“BEWARE OF THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES, WHICH IS HYPOCRISY” (Luke 12:1)

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Eight Week of Ordinary Time 1 (20 October 2017) ????Rom 4:1-8; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11 (R.v.7); Luke 12:1-7 For some days now, we have been talking about being in reality the goodness we showcase before people. The evangelist Luke stretches the point even more. Even when temptations come knocking, no matter how life-threatening it might be, we must hold firm to the Lord who is ever ready to save us (cf. Luke 12:1-7). St. Paul gives us an example of Abraham as a man with such a living faith (cf. Rom 4:1-8). He always followed God in...

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

“UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEEDS THAT OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES…” (Matt 5:20)

⏰Thursday of the Twenty-Eight Week of Ordinary Time 1 (19 October 2017) ????Rom 3:21-30; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6ab (R.v.7bc); Luke 11:47-54 Was St. Paul actually trying to relegate the law as unnecessary for salivation in Rom 3:21-30? I think that would be a misreading of St. Paul. He rather wants us to understand that we are not slaves of the law – to follow the law blindly without allowing the spirit of the law transform us. The Pharisees were ardent upholders of the law and the traditions of their fathers. But just like their fathers, before them, they never gave...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Eighth Week / Year I

“HE WHO THROUGH FAITH IS RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE” (Rom 1:17)

⏰Tuesday of the Twenty-Eight Week of Ordinary Time 1 (17 October 2017 – Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch) ????Rom 1:16-25; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 (R.v.2a); Luke 11:37-41 We give thanks to the Lord for this beautiful day which he has made and given to us. We thank him for guiding us through the night and making us to sleep well. Sometimes, we think we might have a sleepless night only to be woken up the next morning by the alarm clock. That is the awesome handiwork of God. May all glory be to his holy name both now and forever....

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

JESUS IS ENOUGH!

⏰Monday of the Twenty-Eighth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (16 October 2017) ????Rom 1:1-7; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 (R.v.2a); Luke 11:29-32 My dear, it is a beautiful new working week. I pray that God may visit your household to bless you in this new week and beyond. May he wipe your tears and turn you into a reference point for testimonies through Christ our Lord. Amen. You only need to build a strong faith in Jesus Christ. If you have Jesus in your life, you already have all that is required, in fact, the best that is required (cf. Luke...

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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...