Homily for Pentecost Vigil year ABC by Fr. Munachi Ezeogu, CSSp
Reversing the Curse of BabelToday we come to the high point of our Easter celebration, the Feast of Pentecost. Pentecost, meaning "fifty days" after the Passover -- was the feast day in which the...
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Acts 2:1-11, Romans 8:8-17, John 14:15-16,23-26On the Gospel - Come Holy SpiritOne bright Sunday morning like today, Benson's mother hurries into her son's bedroom and wakes him up. "Benson, it's...
View ArticleHomily for 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Wisdom 18:6-9, Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19, Luke 12:32-48On the Gospel, A Light BeatingAn unskilled worker goes for a job interview and demands a pay higher than that demanded by skilled workers. When asked...
View ArticleHomily for 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Jeremiah 38:1-2,4-6,8-10, Hebrews 12:1-4, Luke 12:49-53On the Gospel, Holy War According to JesusThe new millennium has witnessed and continues to witness much violence. Hardly any day passes that we...
View ArticleReflection/Homily: Twentieth (20th) Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
Theme: Courage to Swim Against the TideWe live in a world where there is a constant clash of opposites. There is always a battle between good and evil forces. In our lives, this battle is between the...
View ArticleHomily for 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Isaiah 66:18-21, Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13, Luke 13:22-30On the Gospel, Where is the Soul of Princess Diana?On August 31, 1998, the first anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, many papers came out...
View ArticleHomily for 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Sirarch 3:17-20, 28-29, Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24, Luke 14:1, 7-14On the Gospel, Preferential Option for the PoorJoseph de Veuster was a Belgian missionary priest working among the islanders of Honolulu....
View ArticleHomily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Amos 8:4-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Luke 16:1-13On the Gospel, The Smart ServantAn angel appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean that he has come to reward him for his years of devoted service. He was...
View ArticleHomily for 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4, 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14, Luke 17:5-10 On the Gospel, Lord, Increase Our FaithThe story is told of a man who fell off a mountain cliff. Half-way down the cliff he succeeds in...
View ArticleReflection/Homily: Twenty-Seventh (27th) Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Year C
Theme: Having an Increased Faith in GodAt a time in the history of the Israelites, there were so much tyranny, oppression and violence against the innocent. Before this time, various prophets have...
View ArticleHomily for 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
2 Kings 5:14-17, 2 Timothy 2:8-13, Luke 17:11-19On the Gospel, Sacrifice of ThanksgivingHarry Ironside, the great American Bible teacher, went into a crowded restaurant to have a meal. Just as he was...
View ArticleReflection/Homily: Twenty-Eight (28th) Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Year C
Theme: What is your Gratitude Response? Sometime ago, the social media was inundated with what came to be known as the ‘Gratitude Challenge’ where people mentioned things they were grateful for or...
View ArticleHomily for 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Exodus 17:8-13, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2, Luke 18:1-8On the Gospel, We Dare to HopeHow many of you have seen this painting of an old burnt-down mountain shack? All that remains is the chimney - the charred...
View ArticleReflection/Homily: Twenty-Ninth (29th) Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Theme: Augmenting Human Efforts with Persistent PrayerIn the history of the Israelites’ journey through the desert, they were faced with several challenges. At Rephidim, there was no water for them to...
View ArticleReflection/Homily: Thirtieth (30th) Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Year C
Theme: Humility: The Path to RighteousnessToday’s gospel reading (Luke 18:9-14) presents us with the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican who went to the Temple to pray. According to this parable,...
View ArticleHomily for 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Sirach 35:15-17, 20-22, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, Luke 18:9-14On the Gospel, The Secret of Good WorshipThe story is told that one day Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, visited a prison and talked...
View ArticleHomily for 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
Wisdom 11:22-12:2, 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2, Luke 19:1-10On the Gospel, The Rich Also CryBoris Becker was the world’s number one tennis star. At the height of his tennis career, he had won Wimbledon...
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Reflection/Homily: Thirty-First (31st) Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Year C
Theme: Radical Conversion and Transformation on Encountering ChristToday’s gospel reading (Luke 19:1-10) presents us with the encounter Zacchaeus had with Jesus which led him to a radical conversion...
View ArticleHomily for 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, By Fr Munachi E. Ezeogu, CSSp
2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5, Luke 20:27-38On the Gospel, Belief in the ResurrectionA certain foreign missionary in an Africa village was charged with translating the New Testament...
View ArticleReflection/Homily: Thirty-Second (32nd) Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Year C
Theme: Becoming Children of the ResurrectionLuke, the author of today’s gospel reading addressed his Gospel to the Gentile converts who had a similar Greek cultural background with him. The belief in...
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