A Catholic teenage boy took his Muslim friend to Church one Sunday morning. After the Mass, he decided to give his friend a tour of the Church. At...
Category - Homilies
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
YOU DON’T MEAN IT! 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2022 (R. 1: Amos 8: 4-7; Psalm 113: 1-2, 4-6, 7-8; R. 2: 1 Timothy 2: 1-8; Gospel: Luke 16: 1-13) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
TOO GOOD TO BE HAPPY! 24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 (R. 1: Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14; Psalm 51: 3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; R. 2: 1 Timothy 1: 12-17; Gospel: Luke 15: 1-32) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
The story of the Prodigal Son, which we have in today’s Gospel Passage was once read to some 2nd graders. The teacher then asked, “The story we just...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
USE YOUR CROSS TO CROSS OTHERS: 23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2022 (R. 1: Wisdom 9: 13-18b; Psalm 90: 3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17; R. 2: Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Gospel: Luke 14: 25-33) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Today’s second reading is the shortest of Paul’s letters in the New Testament. It is the Letter of St Paul to Philemon. It is so short that it is not...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
BUT WE ARE ALL GUESTS AFTER ALL! 22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON AUGUST 28, 2022 (R. 1: Sirach 3: 17- 18, 20, 28- 29; Psalm 68: 4- 7, 10- 11; R. 2: Hebrews 12: 18- 19, 22- 24a; Gospel: Luke 14: 1, 7- 14) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
A while ago, I was with two parishioners, one of them said to me, “Father, each time we hear you preach, you remind us so much of Archbishop Fulton...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
ENTER NOW WHILE YOU CAN! 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON AUGUST 21, 2022 (R. 1: Isaiah 66: 18-21; Psalm 117: 1, 2; R. 2: Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13; Gospel: Luke 13: 22-30) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
When I was in the major (college) seminary, one of my formators, a priest, came into the classroom one day and asked my class, “My dear seminarians...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
I HAVE COME TO TROUBLE YOUR PEACE! 20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON AUGUST 14, 2022 (R. 1: Jeremiah 38: 4- 6, 8- 10; Psalm 40: 2- 4, 18; R. 2: Hebrews 12: 1- 4; Gospel: Luke 12: 49- 53) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
There were many prophecies about Jesus before he was born. Some were very direct, and others not so direct. The Prophet Isaiah said he would be...
