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...
Category - Homilies
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
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...
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...
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...
