Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu

READINGS: SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The first reading on this 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Times, Year C, begins with this statement: “For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch” (Isaiah 61:1). Here, the prophet said that he will not give up and that nothing will stop him from achieving his determined goal—the vindication of Jerusalem. My friends, this is

READINGS: BAPTISM OF THE LORD On this first Sunday in Ordinary Times, Year C, we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord. With the birth of Christ, God had to find a way to help us identify Him as the Lamb of God, the Savior, because anyone could rise and claim that he is the Messiah. The baptism of the Lord served this purpose, and we can, actually, call it the Epiphany of the Lamb. In the gospel of John, John the Baptist said, “So that He might be manifested to Israel, I came bap

READINGS THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD On this first Sunday in Ordinary Times, Year C, we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord. With the birth of Christ, God had to find a way to help us identify Him as the Lamb of God, the Savior, because anyone could rise and claim that he is the Messiah. The baptism of the Lord served this purpose, and we can, actually, call it the Epiphany of the Lamb. In the gospel of John, John the Baptist said, “So that He might be manifested to Israel, I came

READINGS: THE HOLY FAMILY This first Sunday of the year is the celebration of the Holy Family, and both the first reading (Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14) and the second reading (Colossians 3:12-21) paint a picture of how families need to function. In Colossians 3:18-21, St. Paul writes, “Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord” It is important to note that submission, in this context, is a voluntary choice that the wife makes for the greater good of the fam

READINGS: FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT The first reading on this 4th Sunday of Advent, Year C, begins with this statement: “You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah too small to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel” (Micah 5:2).” For the Israelites, Bethlehem was a town too small to be counted among the cities of Judah, but for God, it was the town that would produce a king. This recalls the story of when God sent Samuel to go and anoint o

READINGS: THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT In many traditional settings, names are powerful, and, many a time, have an embedded meaning; a meaning that tell a story, describes a situation, makes a statement, states an intention, or even declares a wish. One of my friends, his name is “Akujobi”, which means, “The reconciler, the one who softened the heart to peace. He was named “Akujobi” because his parents experienced great opposition to their marriage from both families. But being in

READINGS: SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT The readings of this Second Sunday of Advent, Year C, call us to something serious by these words “Do not ignore this one fact, the day of the Lord will come like a thief” (2 Peter 3:8-10). “Be constantly on the watch! Stay awake! You do not know when the appointed time will come.” Many a time, we see Advent as the commemoration of the birth of Christ, but, in its truest meaning, it is more so the preparation for the second coming of Christ—J

READINGS: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT This past Thursday, we celebrated Thanksgiving Day. Amazingly, when President George Washington recommended and assigned Thursday the 26th of November, in 1789 as Thanksgiving Day, and when President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday of November as a national Thanksgiving Day, in 1863, both presidents saw the act of thanksgiving as not just limited to giving thanks but also as a time to seek God’s forgiveness for our communal sins, a

READINGS: OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE As we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, on this 34TH Sunday in Ordinary times, Year B, the gospel reading (John 18:33b37) tells of the encounter between Pilate and Jesus, as the Jews lined up accusations against Christ trying to find a way to get Him condemned and crucified. At one point, Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom d

READINGS: THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The first reading (Daniel 12:1- 3) and the Gospel reading (Mark 13:24-32) of this 33rd Sunday of Year B, sounds like doom and gloom, whereby the light of this world will become dark, natural disasters of unknown magnitudes will happen, major wars will erupt, the Anti-Christ will appear offering a godless utopia to deceive many. Then there will be persecution and martyrdom of those who do not cave in, and then, life as we know it

READINGS: THIRTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Deep down inside, we all like to be in control and to take charge of our own destiny. Unfortunately, though, circumstances can leave us at the mercy of things we can’t control—sickness, accidents, natural disasters, pandemics, even death— creating anxiety, desperation, and even hopelessness. On this 32nd Sunday, the first reading (1 Kings 17:10-16) tells the story of a woman who was about to die through starvation; a three-year

READINGS: THIRTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the gospel reading of this 31st Sunday in ordinary times (Mark 12:28b-34), Christ, after listening to a Pharisee’s reasoning about what Scriptures says about the commandments, told him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of Heaven”. The problem though, is that not being far from the kingdom of heaven is not the same thing as being in it. What we need is to be inside the kingdom, not close to it. We can know all about God and ye

READINGS: THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The gospel of this 30th Sunday in Ordinary times, Year B (Mark 10:46-52) tells of the story of a blind man, named Bartimaeus, who, although was physically blind, could see what the crowd, who had eyes, could not see; that Jesus of Nazareth was truly the Messiah. It was this depth of insight that empowered him to act, with resolute conviction, by calling out to Jesus for help. Unfortunately, the crowd discouraged him, bullied him, an

READINGS: TWENTY- NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the second reading of this 29th Sunday in ordinary times, we read: “Brothers and...

READINGS: TWENTY-EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The quest for God and eternal life is something many of us believers aspire to and yet...

READINGS: TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the first reading of this 26th Sunday in ordinary times, we read about God bestowing...

READINGS: TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDIANRY TIME The Gospel of this 25th Sunday in Ordinary times, year B, talks about how one becomes the...

READINGS: TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME On this 23rd Sunday, Year B, the gospel (Mark 7:31-37) shows us how the humanity of Christ...

READING: TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The 2nd reading on this 22nd Sunday in ordinary times, year B, tells us that “ Religion...

READINGS: TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the gospel reading of this 21st Sunday in ordinary times, Peter said, “Lord, where...

READINGS: TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In this Sunday’s gospel (John 6:51-58—20th Sunday in Ordinary times, Year B), Christ gave the...