HOMILY FOR FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR A
WHERE DO WE FIND THE CROSS?
The Lenten season more intensely invites the Christian to take up his or her cross and follow Jesus Christ. Do we have to go look for our respective crosses to carry? Should we ask carpenters […]
Reading for Saturday after Ash Wednesday. Memorial: Saint Casimir. Liturgical Colour: violet
First Reading: (Isaiah 58:9-14) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6) Gospel: (Luke 5:27-32) First Reading: (Isaiah 58:9-14) Then you will cry for help and Yahweh will answer; you will call and he will say, ‘I […]
40 DAYS JOURNEY WITH THE LORD. Day 3
DAY 3 Moderated by Fr Justin Nzekwe DAILY CHALLENGE: Abstain from meat. Bible Reading – Psalm 51. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies […]
Reading for Friday after Ash Wednesday. Liturgical Colour: violet. Memorial (USA): Saint Katharine Drexel, Virgin.Day of abstinence from meat (age 14 and above)
First Reading: (Isaiah 58:1-9a) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19) Gospel: (Matthew 9:14-15) First Reading: (Isaiah 58:1-9a) Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and […]
40 DAYS JOURNEY WITH THE LORD. Day 2
Moderated by: Fr Justin Nzekwe DAY 2 DAILY CHALLENGE: Help somebody in need, avoid false accusations. Bible Reading – Isaiah 58: 6-12. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands […]
Reading for Thursday after Ash Wednesday. Liturgical Colour: violet
First Reading: (Deuteronomy 30:15-20) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6) Gospel: (Luke 9:22-25) First Reading: (Deuteronomy 30:15-20) Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand […]
ASH WEDNESDAY, WHAT IT TELLS US
Ash Wednesday reminds us that this world and everything in it passes away. It reminds us that we are dust and we shall return to dust. Ash Wednesday reminds our vain selves that our beautiful […]
Lent, the season of love
Today, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of lent. Lent is a forty days period of prayer, fasting, and abstinence, in commemoration of the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation. During […]
40 DAYS JOURNEY WITH THE LORD. Day 1
Moderated by: Fr Justin Nzekwe DAY 1 Bible Reading – Joel 2:12-18. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: […]
JOURNEY WITH THE LORD IN THE DESERT; 40DAYS and 40NIGHTS
The forty days of Lent is the annual retreat of the people of God in imitation of Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness. Forty is a significant number in the scriptures. 1. Moses went to […]
Reading for Ash Wednesday 2017. Liturgical Colour: Violet
First Reading: (Joel 2:12-18) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14, 17) Second Reading: (2Corinthians 5:20—6:2) Gospel: (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18) First Reading: (Joel 2:12-18) Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted to me with all your […]
Reading for Tuesday, Eight Week in Ordinary Time Year A. Liturgical Colour: green
First Reading: (Sirach 35:1-12) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 50:5-6, 7-8, 14, 23) Gospel: (Mark 10:28-31) First Reading: (Sirach 35:1-12) He that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings. It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to […]
Reading for Monday, Eight Week in Ordinary Time Year A. Liturgical Colour: green
First Reading: (Sirach 17:20-24) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7) Gospel: (Mark 10:17-27) First Reading: (Sirach 17:20-24) Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins: Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less. […]
Reading for the Eight Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. Liturgical Colour: green
First Reading: (Isaiah 49:14-15) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9) Second Reading: (1Corinthians 4:1-5) Gospel: (Matthew 6:24-34) First Reading: (Isaiah 49:14-15) Zion was saying, ‘Yahweh has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.’ Can a […]
HOMILY FOR THE EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A
HOMILY FOR THE EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A THEME: HAKUNA MATATA FR GERALD M. MUSA Hakuna Matata is a Swahili phrase for “no worries.” This phrase is important in this age of anxiety […]
Reading for Saturday, Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Year A. Liturgical Colour: green/white
First Reading: (Sirach 17:1-15) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18) Gospel: (Mark 10:13-16) First Reading: (Sirach 17:1-15) God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image. And he turned him into it again, […]
SIX PEACEFUL GRAVES
A reflection on the one year remembrance of six beloved brothers in Nigeria. In my last visit to the Vincentian Community in Ikot-Ekpene for a mission, I called at the graveyard in the evening for […]
HOW I WAS SENT TO GOD…
I woke from sleep recently to read a text message sent to me by a believer. Below is the content of the text message: “Good morning Fr, pls help me to ask God, Why Is […]
BREAD OF HEAVEN
Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer; Pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but Thou art mighty; Hold me with Thy powerful hand. Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven, Feed me till I want […]
In this earthly Sojourn, Never Compromise
In the course of our earthly sojourn, we are faced with a lot of situations which threaten to take certain things away for us. For instance, a student is tempted to sleep with her lecturer […]
Reading for Friday, Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Year A. Liturgical Colour: green
First Reading: (Sirach 6:5-17) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35) Gospel: (Mark 10:1-12) First Reading: (Sirach 6:5-17) A kindly turn of speech attracts new friends, a courteous tongue invites many a friendly response. Let your […]
Life of St Polycarp
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, disciple of Saint John the Apostle and friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, was a revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century. Saint Ignatius, on his way to Rome to […]
You alone should know about your acts of charity
Charity cleanses multiple sins. Learn to give to those who have little. God blesses the heart that gives. However, when you give, do so in hiding. No one should hear about it. When you give, […]
Reading for Thursday, Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Year A. Memorial: St Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr. Liturgical Colour: red
First Reading: (Sirach 5:1-8) Responsorial Psalm: (Psalms 1:1-2, 3-4, 6) Gospel: (Mark 9:41-50) First Reading: (Sirach 5:1-8) Do not put your confidence in your money or say, ‘With this I am self-sufficient.’ Do not be led […]
Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep
1 Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep, Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep; Nothing can Thy power withstand; None can pluck me from Thy hand. 2 Loving Savior, Thou didst give Thine own life that we […]