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...
Category - Homilies
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
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...
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...
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...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
NOT FINE BUT FINE! 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR A ON MARCH 19, 2023 (R. 1: 1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23: 1-6; R. 2: Ephesians 5: 8-14; Gospel: John 9: 1-41) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
My Dear Friend, how are you doing today? Just to save time, I imagine your response is, “I am fine.” But take a second look at your health. Are you...
