Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the last Sunday before Christmas. In today’s Gospel passage, we meet two very significant characters who contributed greatly to the...
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BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED! 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR C DECEMBER 15, 2024 (R. 1: Zephaniah 3: 14-18a; Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12: 2-3, 4, 5-6; R. 2: Philippians 4: 4-7; Gospel: Luke 3: 10-18) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Today is the third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete Sunday. The word Gaudete comes from Latin, meaning “Rejoice.” Today, the Church invites us to...
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JOHN AWAITS US THERE: 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR C ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 8, 2024 (R. 1: Baruch 5: 1-9; Psalm 126: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; R. 2: Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11; Gospel: Luke 3: 1-6) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Some time ago, I was at dinner with a family. Halfway into the evening, one of the family members pulled out today’s gospel passage and asked me to read it to the...
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NOW MAY BE THE TIME! 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR C ON DECEMBER 1, 2024 (R. 1: Jeremiah 33: 14-16; Psalm 25: 4-5, 8-9, 10, 14; R. 2: 1 Thessalonians 3: 12-4: 2; Gospel: Luke 21: 25-28, 35-36) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Do you remember the story I shared about this time three years ago? It is about my conversation with my close friend, Fr. Ernest Mawah, who is in Nigeria. We began the...
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THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA: SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING YEAR B ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2024 (R. 1: Daniel 7: 13- 14; Psalm 93: 1, 1- 2, 5; R. 2: Revelation 1: 5- 8; Gospel: John 18: 33b- 37) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Today is the Solemnity of Christ the King. Pope Pius XI established this solemnity in 1925 in response to secularism, a way of life that expels God out of human thinking...
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READY FOR THOSE DAYS? 33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B ON NOVEMBER 17, 2024 (R. 1: Daniel 12: 1-3; Psalm 16: 5, 8, 9-10, 11; R. 2: Hebrews 10: 11-14, 18; Gospel: Mark 13: 24-32) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Today’s Gospel passage begins with Jesus saying to his disciples, “In those days after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light...
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LEAST AND YET THE BEST: 32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B ON NOVEMBER 10, 2024 (R. 1: 1 kings 17:10-16; Psalm 146:7, 8-9, 9-10; R. 2: Hebrews 9:24-28; Gospel: Mark 12:38-44) Fr Emmanuel Inedu Ochigbo
St. Jerome was a very holy and intelligent priest. He was good in languages, rhetoric, philosophy, and theology. He was secretary to Pope Damasus, who suggested that...
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STILL SEARCHING? 31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B ON NOVEMBER 3, 2024 (R. 1: Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51; R. 2: Hebrews 7: 23-28; Gospel: Mark 12:28b-34) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Once upon a time, there was a meeting of demons; they wanted to figure out where to hide God from human beings. One suggested, “Let us hide God in the Bible and keep...
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WHAT DO YOU WANT?30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B ON OCTOBER 27, 2024 (R. 1: Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126:1-6; R. 2: Hebrews 5:1-6; Gospel: Mark 10:46-52) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Bartimaeus was a man with many troubles. He was blind, he was a beggar, and the people around him were obstacles on his way to healing. Today’s Gospel passage tells us...
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… AND WHAT IS THIS CUP? 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B ON OCTOBER 20, 2024 (R. 1: Isaiah 53: 10-11; Psalm 33: 4-5, 18-19, 20, 22; R. 2: Hebrews 4: 14-16; Gospel: Mark 10: 35-45) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
When I was in High School (Secondary School), I came home one day and complained to my dad that I shared my meal with a classmate, and the classmate did not show any...