Every year, during the seasons of Advent and Christmas, I find myself explaining to people that I was not born on Christmas Day. Because my name is...
Category - Homilies
Homilies, Year A 2025-2026
CAUTION: GOD AT WORK!!! 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR A ON DECEMBER 21, 2025 (R. 1: Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; R. 2: Romans 1:1-7; Gospel: Matthew 1:18-24) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Homilies, Year C 2024-2025
THE SCANDAL OF THE MESSIAH: 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (GAUDETE SUNDAY) YEAR A ON DECEMBER 14, 2025 (R. 1: Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; R. 2: James 5:7-10; Gospel: Matthew 11:2-11) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
There is an old story about a sculptor who was commissioned to carve a statue of Jesus Christ. He worked for months, chiseling away at the marble...
Homilies, Year A 2025-2026
PREPARE THE WAY: STAY IN YOUR LANE! 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR A ON DECEMBER 07, 2025 (R. 1: Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; R. 2: Romans 15:4-9; Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Have you ever cleaned your house because a special guest was coming? You vacuum, you mop, you hide the clutter in the closet, and for a moment, the...
Homilies, Year A 2025-2026
ADVENT- AN ALARM CLOCK OF GRACE: 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR A ON NOVEMBER 30, 2025 (R. 1: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122:1-9; R. 2: 2 Romans 13:11-14; Gospel: Matthew 24:37-44) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Have you ever walked into a dark room and realized you had been sitting in the dim for so long that your eyes adjusted to it? You did not notice how...
Homilies, Year C 2024-2025
HE IS KING: WILL YOU LET HIM REIGN? SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING YEAR C ON NOVEMBER 23, 2025 (R.1: 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Psalm 122:1-5; R.2: Colossians 1:12-20; Gospel: Luke 23:35-43) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Have you noticed that the feast we call “Christ the King” does not show us Jesus seated on a throne with a golden crown? Instead, today’s Gospel...
Homilies, Year C 2024-2025
NOT WHEN, BUT HOW – LIVING READY WITHOUT FEAR: 33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON NOVEMBER 16, 2025 (R. Malachi 3:19-20a; Psalm 98:5-9; R. 2: 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Gospel: Luke 21:5-19) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Every few years, someone rises with a new prediction about the end of the world. Recently, a South African Christian Preacher claimed that in a...
