Pentecost: Diversity is Strength!
Acts 2:1-11; Galatians 5:16-25; John 15:26-27; 16:12-15 How come some are more intelligent than others; better footballers than their friends; prettier than their siblings; stronger than their neighbors; better orators than their teachers? Everywhere we see difference, positive difference, there is the Holy Spirit, there is Pentecost. Every good quality we have comes from the …
The Only Thing to Fear is Fear itself”: Breaking our Enslavement to Fear
Acts 9:26-31; 1 Jn 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 Tuesday, April 24, 2018, started out just like any other day. Many woke up from sleep, and to give thanks to the author of life, God himself, they went for morning Mass. At Mass, in the house of God, the day turned out to be a blood-bath-day; the house of God was turned into …
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Putting Human Life First
Putting Human Life First: When The Defense Of Life Is The Measure Of A Good Shepherd Acts 4:8-12;1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18 The notoriety of the cattle-herdsmen in Nigeria has given a bad name to all the shepherds of Nigeria. The Nigerian experience is one that shows that the lives of animals, especially cattle, …
I am a Christian Gossip, When Gossiping turns into Salvation Story and Good news
Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48 Do you know that “god-sibb” is the forefather of “gossip”? Just google the etymology of “gossip” or look up that word in old English dictionaries or dictionary of etymology. “God” is included in the word “gossip”. God-talk was gossip, and in the nations where freedom of …
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Passion Sunday”: Why Suffering is Christian!
Today, a name matters. Our Sunday is called “Passion Sunday” to teach us that suffering is Christian and normal/natural. In order to tell us the importance of “Passion,” we read a “Passion Narrative,” the story of the suffering, betrayal and agony of Jesus. In fact, all three readings of today qualify as “Passion Narratives”. In …
Lenten Retreat 2021
Click on the link below to get Inspirational messages shared during the Retreat. Note: The links to Power Point Presentation Slides would automatically download to your device. Click >> Brokenness and Wholeness Click >> focus on Jesus Click >> Forgiveness
Parish Information: Holy Week & Easter Schedule for 2021
Find below the schedule for Holy Week and Easter for the Parish, Out Station and SMA House. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, which is on the 28th of April. Kindly avail yourself with the information provided in the schedule.
Laetare Sunday: Be as Pro-Active about your salvation as your God is Pro-Active about it
2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 Nebuchadnezzar, a pagan ruler from Babylon, desecrated the Temple of God in Jerusalem, in 587 B.C, and led Israelites out to exile in Babylon. The Temple, where God dwelt alongside the copy of the Ten Commandments in the Tabernacle (1 Kings 8), was destroyed. The shame of …
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Gift-of-God Sunday: From Commandments to the Cross/Love/Jesus
Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25 A new phenomenon in our days is voluntary migration. The human desire to dwell where there is peace and guarantee of peace. There is no one measure of what constitutes peace, but when people migrate willingly, they choose the reasons for their migration. God proposes the best …
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