Category: Twenty-Sixth Week

⏰Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (06 October 2018) 📖Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130 (R.v.135a); Luke 10:17-24 May the grace and peace of Christ continue to abide with you both now and forever. Amen. The word of God says in 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and heal their land.” There can be no real penitence without humility. Consider the...

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (05 October 2018) 📖Job 38:1, 12-21, 40:3-5; Ps 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab (R.v.24b); Luke 10:13-16 May the grace and peace of Christ dwell with you always. Amen. I do not know what you are going through in life; you might be facing difficulties as much as the biblical Job did face, but know that God is always with you (cf. Matt 28:20). In the midst of all his afflictions, Job’s friends tried to fill his mind with a wrong idea of the person of God. That forced Job to begin to...

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (03 October 2018 – Memorial of St. Thérese of the Child Jesus) 📖Job 9:1-12, 14-16; Ps 88:10bc-11, 12-13, 14-15 (R.v.3a); Luke 9:57-62 Today, the Church in Nigeria celebrates the Memorial of St Thérese of the Child Jesus. The universal Church celebrates this on October 1st but, because of our Independence Day celebration, when we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria, the Church in Nigeria got the permission to move this celebration. Among other virtues, she is known for her devotion to God in every thing that came her...

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (30 Sept. 2020) 📖Job 9:1-12, 14-16; Ps 88:10bc-11, 12-13, 14-15 (R.v.3a); Luke 9:57-62 🎤I COUNT EVERYTHING AS A LOSS FOR THE SURPASSING VALUE OF KNOWING CHRIST (Phil 3:8) Beloved in Christ, it is already assured that God can do all things for us if only we can trust him, and him alone. The submissions of Job in Job 9:1-16 serves the purpose of reminding us of the omnipotence of God, which compels us to revere and submit ourselves completely to him. Even in the midst of all his troubles, Job still...