The first time I left my parents and my siblings to be away for up to three months was when I went to the Minor (High School) Seminary at about the age of twelve. As a...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
IT IS IN YOU! 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C ON MAY 22, 2022 (R. 1: Acts 15: 1- 2, 22- 29; Psalm 67: 2- 3, 5, 6, 8; R. 2: Revelation 21: 10- 14, 22- 23; Gospel: John 14: 23- 29) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Peace be with you! What did you notice about the choice of readings for today’s Gospel and that of last Sunday? Any observant Catholic may easily question the...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
WHAT’S NEW? 5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C ON MAY 15, 2022 (R. 1: Acts 14: 21- 27; Psalm 145: 8- 13; R. 2: Revelation 21: 1- 5a; Gospel: John 13: 31-33a, 34-35) By FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
The Gospel According to John is divided into two major parts. The first part is from chapter 1 to chapter 12, and the second part is from chapter 13 to chapter 21. In...
(R1: ACTS 13: 14, 43- 52; PS. 100: 1- 3, 5; R2: REVELATION 7: 9, 14b- 17; GOSPEL: JOHN 10: 27- 30) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO The fourth Sunday of Easter is Vocations...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
COME FOLLOW ME! 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C ON MAY 1, 2022 (R. 1: Acts 5: 27- 32, 40b- 41; Psalm 30: 2, 4- 6, 11- 13; R. 2: Revelation 5: 11- 14 Gospel: John 21: 1- 19) By Fr Emmanuel Ochigbo
When I was much younger, something troubled me about the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. Jesus turned water to wine, cleansed lepers, raised the dead, and even...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
PEACE BE WITH YOU! 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C ON APRIL 23, 2022 (R. 1: Acts 5: 12-16; Psalm 118: 2-4, 13-15, 22-24; R. 2: Revelation 1: 9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; Gospel: John 20: 19-31) By Fr Emmanuel Ochigbo
I would like to begin by briefly introducing this Sunday to you. Today is a Sunday with many titles: (i) Today is the Second Sunday of Easter. This name is easy to...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
DEATH HAS DIED! EASTER SUNDAY: THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD YEAR C APRIL 17, 2022 (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- 9)
I have good news for you: death has died! The battle line was drawn from the beginning in the Garden of Eden. After the serpent succeeded in tempting our first parents...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
WERE YOU THERE? PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD YEAR C ON APRIL 10TH, 2022 (Gospel before Procession: Luke 19: 28- 40; R. 1: Isaiah 50: 4- 7; Psalm 22: 8- 9, 17- 18, 19- 20, 23- 24; R. 2: Philippians 2: 6- 11; Gospel: Luke 22: 14- 23: 56)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
WHO IS IN THE MIRROR? 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON APRIL 3, 2022 (R. 1: Isaiah 43: 16-21; Psalm 126: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; R. 2: Philippians 3: 8-14; Gospel: John 8: 1-11)
I don’t know how true it is, but someone told me that when an elephant goes to the pond to drink water, the first thing the elephant does is to unsettle the water, which...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
TOO HOLY TO BE HAPPY! 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON MARCH 27, 2022 (R. 1: Joshua 5: 9a, 10-12; Psalm 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7; R. 2: 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21; Gospel: Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32)
A priest was celebrating Holy Mass for children in a Catholic Elementary School. After reading today’s Gospel passage, he said to the young children, “The story we just...