What is the relationship between temptation and sin? According to E. Schuyler English, “Temptation is to see the tempter standing outside the back...
Category - Year C 2021-2022
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
BE CALM BUT VIGILANT! 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON MARCH 6TH, 2022 (R. 1: Deuteronomy 26: 4- 10; Psalm 91: 1- 2, 10- 11, 12- 13, 14- 15; R. 2: Romans 10: 8- 13; Gospel: Luke 4: 1- 13)
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
NO FISHING! 8TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON FEBRUARY 27, 2022 (R. 1: Sirach 27: 4-7; Psalm 92: 2-3, 13-14, 15-16; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58; Gospel: Luke 6: 39-45)
A group of young boys (all below the age of 12) were sitting around a dog on the beach. An older man approached them and asked what they were doing...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
MORE THAN BEING GOOD! 7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON FEBRUARY 20, 2022 (R. 1: 1Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 15: 45-49; Gospel: Luke 6: 27-38)
In the course of my preparation for today’s homily, I was in conversation with some of my friends a few days ago when one of them asked...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
BLESSED ARE YOU! 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON FEBRUARY 13, 2022 (R. 1: Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Gospel: Luke 6:17, 20-26)
Today’s gospel passage is Luke’s version of the beatitudes. Matthew gave his account of the beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount, while Luke gave...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
HERE I AM, LORD SEND ME! 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON FEBRUARY 6, 2022 (R. 1: Isaiah 6: 1-2a, 3-8; Psalm 138: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11; Gospel: Luke 5: 1-11)
St. Jerome was a very holy and intelligent priest. He was good in languages, rhetoric, philosophy and theology. He was secretary to Pope Damasus who...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
TOO BIG FOR THAT BOX! 4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C JANUARY 30, 2022 (R. 1: Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19, Psalm 71:1-6; 15, 17; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 or 13:4-13; Gospel: Luke 4:21-30) Fr Emmanuel Ochigbo
“Is this not the son of Joseph?” Those words came from people in the synagogue in Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus. They could not believe what they...
