One Sunday morning, Steve and his wife were driving home after Mass. Just a quarter of a mile away from the Church, his wife began the conversation...
Category - Homilies
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
IT BOILS DOWN TO LOVE: 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2023 (R. 1: Exodus 22:20-26; Psalm 18:2-4, 47, 51; R. 2: 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10; Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
YOUR CYRUS IS ON THE WAY! 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2023 (R. 1:Isaiah 45:1, 4-6; Psalm 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10; R. 2: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b; Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Have you heard the story of the prayerful elderly lady, who lived next to a young man, an atheist? The elderly lady would pray every day and pray out...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
SAVE THE DATE: 28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2023 (R. 1: Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm 23:1-6; R. 2: Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
Those invited to the wedding feast refused to show up; they refused to attend the wedding feast. But what was wrong with their refusal to attend...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE? 27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A ON OCTOBER 8 2023 (R. 1: Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:9, 12-16, 19-20; R. 2: Philippians 4:6-9; Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
A math teacher walked into the classroom one morning and she asked a five-year-old boy, “If you had five dollars and you asked your father for...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
CONSISTENT? 26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A ON OCTOBER 1, 2023 (R. 1: Ezekiel 18: 25- 28; Psalm 25: 4- 9; R. 2: Philippians 2: 1- 11; Gospel: Matthew 21: 28- 32) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
There was a case against a forty-five-year-old man in court. The judge asked him, “How old are you?” The man replied, “It is not a secret; everybody...
Homilies, Year A 2022-2023
HANG IN THERE! 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 (R. 1: Isaiah 55: 6-9; Psalm 145: 2-3, 8-9, 17-18; R. 2: Philippians 1: 20c-24, 27A; Gospel: Matthew 20: 1-16A) FR EMMANUEL INEDU OCHIGBO
The parable in today’s gospel passage is one that evokes different emotions, depending on the lens through which you look at it. For example, if you...