Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu

READINGS: OUR LORD JESUS, KING OF THE UNIVERSE One of the titles of Christ Jesus as revealed in the Book of Revelation is “King of kings and Lord of lords.” (Rev 19:11-16). In the gospel of John, Pilate asked Jesus. "Are you the King of the Jews?”. Jesus replied, "My kingdom is of this world” (Jn18:33b-37). Yes, not of this world but embedded in this world with counter-cultural consequences. In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted the Solemnity of Christ the King in response to the

READINGS: THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the 2 nd  reading of this 33 rd  Sunday in Ordinary Times, Year C (2 Thessalonians 3:7-12), St. Paul said, “We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a disorderly way, by not keeping busy but minding the business of others.” Basically, St. Paul is saying, be busy minding your business, not that of others. This is not a call to indifference, but an invitation to the stewardship of inner self-reflection; a summon

READINGS: FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA On this Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, the Church’s “mother church”, a visible structure symbolizing the life-giving outreach of God’s grace to humanity that heals, feeds, and transforms. In the 1 st  reading (Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12), we read about the temple from which trickles of water turned into a river flowing into the salt sea, and turned the lifeless sea into a

READINGS: ALL SOULS DAY The Gospel of this 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Luke 19:1–10) tells the story of a man named Zacchaeus. The Bible describes him as a man of small stature, overlooked by the crowd and dismissed by society. While the name “Zacchaeus” means “pure,” “clean,” or “innocent,” the people despised him, for he was a tax collector — an outcast, a cheat, a crook, and a traitor. No one saw holiness in him. No one expected goodness from him. But “Shortness”

READINGS: THIRTIETH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME In the gospel of this 30 th  Sunday in Ordinary times, Year C, Christ tells the parable of two men who went up to pray in the temple: One stood tall and confident in his righteousness. and the other stood far off, broken. and honest. The latter, according to Scripture, went home justified.  This is not just about two men who prayed then; it is about us today and how we stand before God in prayer. The Pharisee stood tall and, in prai

READINGS: TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME On this 29 th  Sunday in Ordinary times, year C, the gospel reading (Luke 18:1-8) tells of the parable Jesus used to teach the Power of Persevering Prayer. In the parable, a widow was able to win justice from an unjust judge, who neither feared God nor respected any man, by share persistence. The judge granted her request—not out of compassion, but to stop her relentless appeals. The widow’s repeated pleas reflect a faith that re

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 about Naaman, a five-star general in the Syrian Army, who got healed of his leprosy through the intervention of a slave girl who had been captured by the Syrian army and given into slavery to Naaman’s wife. The role she played in this story portrays a beautiful twist of fate, which I believe has a lot to teach us as we follow the footsteps of Ch

READINGS: TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the 1 st  reading of this 27 th  Sunday in Ordinary times, year C, (Habakkuk 1:2, 2:2-3) laments, "O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save?" There is something deeply human in these words of Habakkuk. He does not dress his prayer with polite phrases or distant reverence. Rather, he cries out from the depths of frustration, confusion, and pain. His voice

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 the parable of the rich man (Dives) and Lazarus. The parable begins with a gate separating these two, in life, and ends with a chasm separating them in eternity. On one side of the gate was Lazarus, a symbol of suffering humanity, in need of compassion, love, pity, and care. On the other side of the gate was Dives, a rich man, a symbol of o