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Ordinary Time / Thirty-Third Week / Weekdays / Year I

BE WEARY OF SCANDAL

⏰Tuesday of the Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time 1 (19 Nov. 2019) 📖2 Macc 6:18-31; Ps 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 (R.v.6b); Luke 19:1-10 🎤BE WEARY OF SCANDAL In his Motto for for his episcopate, my Bishop, Most Rev. Michael Odogwu Elue prayed, “O God, do not allow those who seek you to be brought to dishonour because of me.” That is a very important prayer which every leader must be saying at all times. See what Jesus said in Matt 18:6, “If anyone should cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble and fall into sin, it...

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Ordinary Time / Thirty-Second Week / Weekdays / Year I

“I WILL SING FOR EVER OF YOUR LOVE, O LORD!”

⏰Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week of Ordinary Time 1 (16 Nov. 2019) 📖Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9; Ps 105:2-3, 36-37, 42-43 (R.v.5a); Luke 18:1-8 🎤”I WILL SING FOR EVER OF YOUR LOVE, O LORD!” God is the same today, as he was yesterday, and as he would be forever. The same God who created the earth with his Word, and protects with his mighty harm; that God is still working among us today. If you wait for him to help you, songs of victory shall equally be your lot (see Wis 18:14-16, 19:6-9). He knows all that you need, yet he wants...

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Ordinary Time / Thirty-First Week / Weekdays / Year I

USE WHAT YOU HAVE TO WIN YOUR SALVATION

⏰Friday of the Thirty-First Week of Ordinary Time 1 (08 Nov 2019) 📖Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 (R.v.2b); Luke 16:1-8 🎤USE WHAT YOU HAVE TO WIN YOUR SALVATION Yes! I mean that very thing you have as a gift from God – your wealth, wisdom, strength, speech, time, even your phone… Yes, I mean your phone. Great opportunities abound for us to work out our salvation from, but how many of us take notice. Let me talk about your phone, for instance. I believe that is what you are using to read this message; you use it to operate...

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Ordinary Time / Thirty-First Week / Year I

WE HAVE BEEN BOUGHT AND PAID FOR

⏰Thursday of the Thirty-First Week of Ordinary Time 1 (07 Nov 2019) 📖Rom 14:7-12; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 (R.v.13); Luke 15:1-10 🎤WE HAVE BEEN BOUGHT AND PAID FOR My dear, out of his special love for us, Jesus paid the supreme price by dying so that we might have life. Having paid that price, we now belong to him. This is why he continues to draw all of us, without exception, closer to himself on a daily basis. St. Paul already noted that it was while we were still headlong in sin that he paid this price (cf. Rom 5:8)....

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Ordinary Time / Thirtieth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“…WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US” (Rom 8:37)

⏰Thursday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (31 October 2019) 📖Rom 8:31b-39; Ps 109:21-22, 26-27, 30-31 (R.v.26b); Luke 13:31-35 🎤”… WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US” (Rom 8:37) Do you remember what we discussed yesterday on the importance of putting our trust in God? Indeed, it pays to do so. Today, St. Paul gives us a beautiful message that assures us that it is not a mistake to do that. The message, as was begun yesterday, is that if you are in God, you will fear no evil, neither shall you ever be in...

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Ordinary Time / Thirtieth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM” (Rom 8:28)

⏰Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (30 October 2019) 📖Rom 8:26-30; Ps 13:4-5, 6-7 (R.v.6a); Luke 13:22-30 🎤”GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM” (Rom 8:28) My dear, yesterday, we reflected on the importance of putting our trust in God in all things even in the face of difficulties in our world. Today, St. Paul continues to remind us of the benefit of taking such a stand. That benefit is in the fact that God himself takes primary charge of all that concerns us. According to St. Paul, even when it becomes difficult for...

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

“THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS” (Rom 8:1)

⏰Saturday of the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (26 October 2019) 📖Rom 8:1-11; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 (R.v.6); Luke 13:1-9 🎤”THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS” (Rom 8:1) That sounds good to the ear, does it not? I think it is quite consoling and it is meant for everyone of us irrespective of whatever we might be passing through at the moment. Jesus Christ has died for us and saved us. He also paid all our debts. And no one can speak when he has not spoken. Now he says that everything about...

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

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

⏰Tuesday of the Twenty-Eight Week of Ordinary Time 1 (15 October 2019 – Memorial of St. Theresa of Avila) 📖Rom 1:16-25; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 (R.v.2a); Luke 11:37-41 🎤”HE WHO THROUGH FAITH IS RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE” (Rom 1:17) 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...

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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 (05 Oct. 2019) 📖Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29; Ps 69:33-35, 36-37 (R.v.34a); Luke 10:17-24 🎤”REJOICE THAT YOUR NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN” (Luke 10:20) 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...

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

“THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD” (Zech 8:8)

⏰Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (30 Sept. 2019 – Memorial of St. Jerome) 📖Zech 8:1-8; Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23 (R.v.17); Luke 9:46-50 🎤”THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD” (Zech 8:8) What a beautiful way to begin this working week! Do you remember what we said some time ago concerning the purpose for the book of the prophet Zechariah? We did say that he came with a message of hope for the people. And that is just the fact that God himself is going to come and dwell in their...