Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu

READINGS: TWENTY-EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The quest for God and eternal life is something many of us believers aspire to and yet attachment to various objects of human desire stands in the way of our progress. The gospel reading of this 28th Sunday in ordinary times, Year B, (Mark 10:17-30) tells the story of a very rich man, who came running to Jesus, and asked him, “Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus, seeing through his heart, and knowing how

READINGS: TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the first reading of this 26th Sunday in ordinary times, we read about God bestowing His spirit on 70 elders who were appointed to help Moses in the governance of His people. Two of these elders did not come out to the tent area, where the rest were gathered, but remained in the camp. The spirit of the Lord still came upon them, and they prophesied. Someone went and reported to Moses that these two guys were prophesying in the

READINGS: TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDIANRY TIME The Gospel of this 25th Sunday in Ordinary times, year B, talks about how one becomes the greatest among pears, “Whoever wants to be first must be the last and the servant of all.” (Mark 9:35-36). Now, let’s be honest, being last and the servant of all is not the greatness we are groomed to strive for, nor is it the greatness we aspire to. Greatness, for most of us, means to be number one, a winner, a success, to be above all. It

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 plays out amid human need. In the story, people brought a man who was deaf and dumb to Jesus and begged Him to heal him. Strikingly, Jesus took this man away from the crowd for a one-on-one encounter with Him. This man was not going to be a sideshow. No! Jesus was going to make this man feel like he was the only person on the planet—so pers

READING: TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The 2nd reading on this 22nd Sunday in ordinary times, year B, tells us that “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world” (James 1:27). The Responsorial Psalm went ahead to lay out how one can achieve this. While our contemporary culture wants life to be determined by whatever seems convenient, whatever feels

READINGS: TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the gospel reading of this 21st Sunday in ordinary times, Peter said, “Lord, where shall we go? You have the words of eternal life”. This was his answer when Christ asked if the apostles were not going to leave Him, just as many of the disciples had done after hearing His teaching about the Eucharist. There is no doubt that the teachings of our faith can sometimes be very hard to take. People question the real presence of Ch

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 most consequential teaching of His ministry on earth. Jesus said to the crowds: "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world." The Jews, totally misunderstanding this, got upset with Him saying, "How can this man give us his

READINGS: NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the second reading of this 19th Sunday in Ordinary Times, Year B, (Ephesians 4:29-5:2), St. Paul urges us not to grieve the Holy Spirit and then goes on to list a few things that we should not be doing—unforgiveness, unwholesome speech, anger and bitterness, slander, bad attitudes toward others. Apparently, it is how we live that bring sorrow to the Holy Spirit. In order not to grieve the Holy Spirit, St. Paul talks about guardi

READINGS: EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The first reading for this 18th Sunday in ordinary times, Year B (Exodus 16:24, 12-15), details how the Israelites responded to the challenges they faced on their way to freedom. Generally, the journey of growth rarely happens without obstacles, difficulties, and tribulations. Change and growth involve pain which often leads to stress, so much so that, very often, the temptation is to fall back, to give up, and to seek a quick esca

READINGS: SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the Gospel of this 16th Sunday in ordinary times, Year B, (Mark 6:30-34), we hear the apostles recounting their successes as they came back from their first mission away from their Master, Jesus Christ. Looking at them, though, Christ saw exhaustion; a need to refuel, to regroup, and to take in some fresh air, and so He says to them, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest awhile.” Jesus knew that His disciples neede

READINGS: FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The gospel reading of this 15th Sunday in ordinary times, Year B (Mark 6:7- 13), tells of Christ sending His disciples, in pairs, for mission work. Sent out individually, they presumably could have covered more territory. But the Master knew better and as Scripture says, “Two are better than one… If either of them falls, one can help the other up. Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12). This

READINGS: THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAYIN ORDINCARY TIME The gospel of this 14th Sunday in Ordinary Times, year B (Mark 6:1-7), tells the story of the rejection of Jesus by His own home people; a rejection that cost them direly, for he could not perform any miracles there. The reason for this rejection was bias and prejudice. By the time of this visit, Jesus was already a celebrity with many miracles under His belt. One would have thought that His own people would be excited and hol

READINGS: THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The gospel of this 13th Sunday in ordinary times, (Year B) tells the story of two faith journeys—Jairus, who by his faith in Christ was moved from a sea of storms to the shores of peace and a woman with an issue of blood, who, by her faith in Jesus, was moved from a life of unmitigated suffering to a life of healthy wellbeing. The question then is: what kind of faith brought these changes to the lives of these two people? I call it

READINGS: TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME My dear Parishioners: The gospel of this 12th Sunday of year B (Mark 4:35-41) challenges us to evaluate our “Storm theology”, that is, the way we react toward God when things go south; the way we handle our trust and what we believe about God when lifestorms hit our shores. We know that Lifestorms are inevitable as long as we breathe. Job says that life is “full of trouble” (Job 14:1) and in John 16:33, Jesus says “Here on earth you

READINGS: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Today, we celebrate the Trinity; a doctrine and a mystery beyond human comprehension. How can there be Three Persons in One God? Trying to understand this with the human mind is like trying to empty an ocean into a human dug hole. Most important, in the doctrine of the Trinity, is not about understanding how God is, but how God, basing on Scriptures, relates and has shown Himself to us, for our sake, and how that revelation unfolded through th

READINGS: PENTECOST On Pentecost day, apart from the tongue of fire that came upon the apostles, the most striking experience of that day was when the people, mesmerized by what they were seeing and experiencing, declared: “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his native language? We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the

READINGS: SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME My dear friends, May is a special month in the life of Catholic Christians all over the world and on this seventh Sunday of Easter, which also is Mothers’ day, and the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord, I would like to share with you the most lethal weapon against evil and the dominions of darkness. You may have noticed that wherever you see the statue of our Blessed Mother, her foot is always on the head of a serpent, crushing

READINGS: SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER The first reading for this sixth Sunday of Easter (Acts 10:25-48) tells the story of the encounter between Cornelius, a gentile Roman officer, and Peter, a fisherman turned preacher, the head of the Apostles, and a Jew. This encounter tells how God dealt a blow to that human tendency discrimination, for bigotry, segregation, racism, and partisanship. In the house of God, there are no Jews nor Gentiles. Prior to this encounter, Peter would neve

READINGS: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER In the gospel reading of this 4th Sunday of Easter (John 10:11-18), Christ calls Himself the Good Shepherd, that His sheep knows Him and He knows them, and that they follow His voice. My friends, whom we follow and what we follow can make a huge difference in life. These days, we follow celebrities and influencers on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. I have always wondered how these people can save, heal, or even care for my needs. There is t

READINGS: SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER One of the main actors in this Sunday’s gospel (John 20:19-31) is the apostle Thomas; the man we have come to know as Doubting Thomas, because he said, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” What is not frequently appreciated, though, is that Doubting Thomas is also Confessing Thomas, “My Lord and my God!” Confessing Thomas became the apostle wh

READINGS: EASTER SUNDAY My beloved in Christ, I would like to share with you and invite you into my Easter world; a season that is now upon us. You see, every year, when Easter is celebrated, my mind meditates on the thought of this incredible love that God showed to me when He turned His back and allowed His Son, Christ Jesus, to pour out his blood upon the Cross for the forgiveness of my sins. My spirit ruminates about how death was defeated, the grave conquered, and the e