I would like to begin by briefly introducing this Sunday to you. Today is a Sunday with many titles: (i) Today is the Second Sunday of Easter. This...
Category - Homilies
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
PEACE BE WITH YOU! 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR C ON APRIL 23, 2022 (R. 1: Acts 5: 12-16; Psalm 118: 2-4, 13-15, 22-24; R. 2: Revelation 1: 9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; Gospel: John 20: 19-31) By Fr Emmanuel Ochigbo
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
DEATH HAS DIED! EASTER SUNDAY: THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD YEAR C APRIL 17, 2022 (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- 9)
I have good news for you: death has died! The battle line was drawn from the beginning in the Garden of Eden. After the serpent succeeded in tempting...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
WERE YOU THERE? PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD YEAR C ON APRIL 10TH, 2022 (Gospel before Procession: Luke 19: 28- 40; R. 1: Isaiah 50: 4- 7; Psalm 22: 8- 9, 17- 18, 19- 20, 23- 24; R. 2: Philippians 2: 6- 11; Gospel: Luke 22: 14- 23: 56)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
WHO IS IN THE MIRROR? 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON APRIL 3, 2022 (R. 1: Isaiah 43: 16-21; Psalm 126: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; R. 2: Philippians 3: 8-14; Gospel: John 8: 1-11)
I don’t know how true it is, but someone told me that when an elephant goes to the pond to drink water, the first thing the elephant does is to...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
TOO HOLY TO BE HAPPY! 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON MARCH 27, 2022 (R. 1: Joshua 5: 9a, 10-12; Psalm 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7; R. 2: 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21; Gospel: Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32)
A priest was celebrating Holy Mass for children in a Catholic Elementary School. After reading today’s Gospel passage, he said to the young children...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
BLESSED TO BLESS! 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON MARCH 20, 2022 (R. 1: Exodus 3: 1-8a, 13-15; Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 10: 1-6, 10-12; Gospel: Luke 13: 1-9)
A priest was once teaching religious education to children in a Catholic Elementary School. He said, “There are sins of commission and there are sins...
