Reflection for 4th December 2023

 JESUS CHRIST IS THE KING OF PEACE In our contemporary world, we see there are so many events which occur. These events which we experience; they bring tension to the world. The world is not in Peace because of war and injustice; One nation rises against the other nation. There is no fear of the Lord; Now the Prophetic massage from the book of...

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Reflections for First Sunday of Advent

 1 Reading: Is 63:16b-17, 64:2-7 2 Reading: 1 Cor 1:3-9 Gospel: Mk 13:33-37 Today, we begin a great season of Advent and also a new Liturgical Year Cycle. The word ‘Advent’ comes from the Latin word ‘adventus’ which means coming. There are four Sundays in the season...

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7 MINUTES HOMILY FOR 32ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

First READING: WIS 6:12-16Second Reading: 1Thes 4:13-18Gospel: Mt 25:1-13) “‘Stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour’ (Mt 25:13)”     Once upon a time, there was a football team which was expecting to have a friendly match with one of the...

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Reflection for Monday 6th November 2023: All Saints of Africa

 Readings: Sir 44:1.10-15Ps 15:2-3a.3bc-4ab Luke 6:27-38Dear friends, each and every person is always just in his own way. Perhaps while administering justice in our own way, we have found ourselves applying a tit for tat rule thereby returning evil for evil. We might have acted rough to conceal our weakness from others. We find ourselves convinced...

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7 Minutes Homily for 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

 First Reading: Mal 1:14b-2:2b,8-10 Second Reading: 1Thes 2:7b-9,13 Gospel:  Mathew 23:1-12   Do and Observe Everything they do, but do Not Follow their Examples.  One day, my superior advised me saying, “If you want to win peoples trust and lead...

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7 Minutes Homily for 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Exodus 22:20-261Thessalonians 1:5-10Mathew 22:34-40My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, welcome to this reflection on the readings of the 30th Sunday of ordinary time.  We may be aware that from the beginning of human history, salvation was preserved for only God’s chosen...

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7 Minute Homily for 29th Sunday In Ordinary Time

1st Reading: Is 45:1,4-6 2nd Reading:1Thes 1:1-5b Gospel Reading: Mt 22:15-21   It is quite common that the enemies can easily team up to fight their common enemy. Especially if their common enemy seems to be too strong to be fought by one. If they managed to combine...

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7 Minute Homily for Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

First Reading: Isaiah 5:1-7Second Reading: Philippians 4:6-9Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43In this Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time Year, A, the Mother Church invites us to reflect on the very nature of our livelihood. Through the readings, we are presented with the question...

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7 Minute homily for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

 First Reading: Ezekiel 18:25-28 Responsorial Psalm: 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Second Reading: Philippians 2:1-11 Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32 A certain man was imprisoned because he was a thief. After he had spent a couple of years in prison he was finally released but reaching home...

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7 Minutes Homily for the the 25th Ordinary Sunday of Year A

First Reading: Isa 55:6-9 Second Reading: Phil 1:20-24,27a Gospel: Mt 20:1-16Seeking for something lost is very common in human life. When a person has lost a valued property, it often takes time to find it. I remember one day I lost the key and when I realized that I did...

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7 Minutes Homily for 22nd Sunday of the Year

 First Reading Jer 20:7-9,Second reading Rom 12:1-2 Gospel reading Mat 16:21-27“Deny yourself and take up your cross and follow me.” Most of the time people give excuses when someone assigned them a task. People  always have something to say to...

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7 Minutes Homily for 6th August 2023: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

First reading Dan: 7:9-10, 13-14 Responsorial Psalm 96(97): 1-2,5-6,9 Second Reading 2 Peter 1:16-19Gospel: Mathew 17:1-8 Today the mother church celebrates the feast of transfiguration of the lord. It is a commemorative event that depict the eternal glory of the second...

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7 Minutes homily for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19Responsorial Psalm: 85(86) Second Reading: Romans 8:26-27 Gospel: Matthew 13:24-43Today marks the 16th Sunday in Ordinary time Year A. It is also marked with the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, recently instituted by the Supreme...

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