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...
Category - Homilies
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
COME, HOLY SPIRIT!PENTECOST SUNDAY YEAR A ON MAY 28, 2023 (R. 1: Acts 2: 1- 11; Psalm 104: 1, 24, 29- 30, 31, 34; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 12: 3b- 7, 12- 13; Gospel: John 20: 19- 23) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...