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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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Dec 18, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Dec 11, 20222 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Dec 4, 20222 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Nov 27, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Nov 20, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Oct 29, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Oct 15, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Oct 8, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Oct 1, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Sep 24, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Sep 17, 20222 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Sep 3, 20223 min read


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)...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Aug 20, 20223 min read


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—...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Aug 13, 20222 min read


WAITING
READINGS: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the gospel of this 19th Sunday in ordinary times, year C, Christ tells the crowd, “Be...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Aug 6, 20222 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Jul 30, 20223 min read


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...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Jul 23, 20223 min read


A TIME FOR “TIME-OUT”
READINGS: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time I once had a family in therapy. The father was working 16 to 18 hours each day and therefore...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Jul 17, 20223 min read


LAMBS IN THE MIDST OF WOLVES
READINGS: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The gospel reading of this 14th Sunday in ordinary times, Year C, (Luke 10:1-12, 17- 20),...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Jul 2, 20223 min read


BE AND LET BE
READING: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time In our Gospel passage for this 13th Sunday in ordinary times, year C (Luke 9:51-62), we read...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Jun 25, 20222 min read


Timing What I have to Say
Have you ever been in a situation where family members or friends brought you to the point where you felt like “giving them a piece of...

Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu
Jun 20, 20222 min read






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