WHO ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT?
READINGS: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Sermon of the Mount is usually seen as a sequence of pronouncements made by our Lord as He...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Jan 15
- 3 min
WHEN PATIENCE WITH THE LORD GETS A WORKOUT
READINGS: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The first stance of this Sunday’s Responsorial Psalm, (2nd Sunday in year A), is taken from...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Jan 8
- 3 min
THE VISIT OF THE MAGI: LIFE LESSONS
READINGS: The Epiphany of the Lord The story of the visit of the three wise men that travelled from the Far East to Bethlehem to see the...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Jan 1
- 3 min
A FAMILY INFORMED BY THE HOLY FAMILY
READINGS: The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Two days ago, we celebrated the Feast of...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Dec 18, 2022
- 3 min
A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
READINGS: Fourth Sunday of Advent “The virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). The...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
HELPING SOMEONE CROSS OVER
READINGS: Third Sunday of Advent I am reminded of a story a friend of mine once told me. It was rush hour on a hot-summer Friday...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min
Christmas: The Challenge of an Unknown Day!
READINGS: Second Sunday of Advent In the gospel reading of this 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A (Matthew 3:1-12), John the Baptist issues an...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
GRATITUDE: A WAY OF LIFE
READINGS: First Sunday of Advent My dear friends, as we enter this week, our hearts and minds are focused on Thanksgivings weekend; a...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
KING OF KINGS
READINGS: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe This Sunday is the last Sunday in ordinary times and is also the...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Oct 30, 2022
- 3 min
DEALING WITH “SHORTNESS IN STATURE”
READINGS: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time The gospel of this 31st Sunday in Ordinary times, (Year C, Luke 19:1-10), tells the story...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Oct 16, 2022
- 3 min
THE POWER OF PERSISTENT PRAYER
READINGS: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Gospel reading of this 29th Sunday in Ordinary times, year C, (Luke 18:1-8), puts a...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Oct 9, 2022
- 3 min
LOVING YOUR ENEMY: NOT EASY
READINGS: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the first reading of this 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (2 Kings 5:14-17), we read...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Oct 2, 2022
- 3 min
IT IS NOT “WHY GOD” BUT “WHAT CAN I DO”
READINGS: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The past few years have not been easy. We have been inundated with the pandemic, hate...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Sep 25, 2022
- 3 min
GATES AND CHASM HERE AND HEREAFTER
READINGS: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the gospel of this 26th Sunday in ordinary times, year C (Luke 16:19-31), we read about...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Sep 18, 2022
- 2 min
THE GOD OF JUSTICE AND TRUTH
READINGS: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time In this Sunday’s 1st reading (Amos 8:4-7) we hear from Amos, a blue-collar lay preacher...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
COST OF DISCIPLESHIP
READINGS: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time In the 2nd reading of this 23rd Sunday, year C (Philemon 9-10, 12-17), we read a story...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Aug 21, 2022
- 3 min
THE NARROW GATE
READINGS: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time The gospel reading for this 21th Sunday in ordinary times, year C, (Luke 13:22-30)...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
RUN AS TO WIN THE RACE
READINGS: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time In life, we are all, in one way or the other, involved in all kinds of specific races—...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Aug 7, 2022
- 2 min
WAITING
READINGS: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the gospel of this 19th Sunday in ordinary times, year C, Christ tells the crowd, “Be...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
DEALING WITH GREED
READINGS: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time In this Sunday’s gospel (18th Sunday, Cycle C, Luke 12:16-21), a man asks Jesus to intervene...
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Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
- Jul 24, 2022
- 3 min
INVESTIGATE BEFOE YOU CONDEMN
READINGS: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the first reading of this 17th Sunday in ordinary times, Year C (Genesis 18:16 -33), the...
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