Today is the solemnity of Pentecost. Today we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Disciples. This is the third Glorious Mystery of the Holy Rosary. Today’s...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
GO, MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS! THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD YEAR A ON MAY 21, 2023 (R. 1: Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47: 2-3, 6-9; R. 2: Ephesians 1: 17-23; Gospel: Matthew 28: 16-20) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Today, we celebrate the sixth of the twelve articles of the Catholic Faith. The twelve articles are contained in the Apostles’ Creed (I Believe). This is the sixth...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
CHRIST IN THE CRISIS: 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR A ON MAY 14TH 2023 (R. 1: Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17; Psalm 66: 1-7, 16, 20; R. 2: 1 Peter 3: 15-18; Gospel: John 14: 15-21)FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Last Sunday, in the first reading from Acts of the Apostles, we saw the early Christians in crisis because they grew in number. The Hellenists, Jews from the diaspora...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
BEWARE OF YOUR BLINDSPOT!5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR A ON MAY 7, 2023 (R. 1: Acts 6: 1-7; Psalm 33: 1-2, 4-5, 18-19; R. 2: 1 Peter 2: 4-9; Gospel: John 14: 1-12)FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Three Sundays ago, we reflected on the wounds/scars of Jesus after his resurrection. We wondered why he kept the wounds/scars after his resurrection. If he could heal...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
HE KNOWS THEM BY NAME: 4THSUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR A ON MAY 30, 2023 (R. 1: Acts 2: 14a, 36-41; Psalm 23: 1-6; R. 2: 1 Peter 2: 20b -25; Gospel: John 10: 1-10) FR EMMANUEL OCHIGBO
Today is the 4th Sunday of Easter Year A. Every year, we observe this Sunday as Good Shepherd Sunday. In each of the three liturgical years, A, B, and C, on the 4th...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
HE BROKE THE BREAD…THEY RECOGNIZED HIM! 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR A ON APRIL 23, 2023 (R. 1: Acts 2: 14, 22-33; Psalm 16: 1-2, 5, 7-11; R. 2: 1 Peter 1:17- 21; Gospel: Luke 24: 13-35) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
A few years ago, about two weeks after Easter Sunday, a parishioner came up to me in the Sacristy after one of the Weekday Masses. He was looking very worried. He said...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
THEY SAW THE LORD! 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER (DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY) YEAR A, APRIL 16, 2023 (R. 1: Acts 2: 42-47; Psalm 118: 2-4, 13-15, 22-24; R. 2: 1 Peter 1: 3-9; Gospel: John 20: 19-31) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
We are now in the upper room in Jerusalem. How did we get here? After they were scattered on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, the followers of Jesus somehow found their...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
ALONE BUT NOT ALONE: EASTER SUNDAY YEAR A ON APRIL 9, 2023 (R. 1: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23; R. 2: Colossians 3: 1-4; Gospel: John 20: 1-11) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Some think of her in terms of repentance. Repentance from what? Some see her as a woman of easy virtue who later repented after she met Jesus. They associate her with...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
DO SOMETHING!PALM SUNDAY YEAR A ON APRIL 2, 2023 (Procession: Matthew 21: 1-11; R. 1: Isaiah 50: 4-7; Psalm 21: 8-9, 17-20, 23-24; R. 2: Philippians 2: 6-11; Gospel: Matthew 26: 14-27, 66) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
There was a very important job to be done And Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, But Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
… BUT HE IS NEVER LATE! 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR A ON MARCH 26, 2023 (R. 1: Ezekiel 37: 12-14; Psalm 130: 1-8; R. 2: Romans 8: 8-11; Gospel: John 11: 1-45) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Today is the 5th Sunday of Lent. This Sunday gives the third and the last of the instructions from John’s Gospel to the Catechumens (those undergoing instructions and...