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Readings: 1Cor 9:16-19.22-27, Ps.84, Luke: 6: 39-42 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia THE LOG OF PRIDE MAKES A LEADER BLIND As humans, we are quick to always criticize and condemn other people. We are good at seeing people’s faults and mistakes. But has it ever occurred to us that, while we are condemning other persons […]

Readings: Num. 21:4-9, Ps.78, Phil.2:6-11, John 3:13-17 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia. WHAT DOES THE HOLY CROSS REPRESENT IN YOUR LIFE? A lot of people in our societies today put on the cross without knowing the true meaning of the cross and what it represent. They just feel that the cross is a fashionable object

Readings: 1Cor 8:1-7.11-13, Ps.139, Luke: 6: 27-38 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia LOVING YOUR ENEMIES: THE DIFFICULT AND SACRIFICIAL NATURE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH A critical look at what is happening in our world today, it is obvious that the world has lost the true meaning of love. For we have abandoned God, who is the

Readings: 1Cor 7:25-31, Ps.45, Luke 6:20-26 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia ARE YOU AMONG THE BLESSED OR THE WOE? Oftentimes, when we reflect on the ups and downs of life, the struggles, the tears and the disappointments that people are passing through every day. We wonder and feel that Life is not fair to some

Readings: 1Cor4:6-15, Ps.145, Luke 6:1-5 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia   EVERY LAW SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AND IMPLEMENTED WITH LOVE, JUSTICE AND MERCY Due to the weak and fragile nature of the human person, God made very good and practical laws which he wanted his people to obey, but as time goes on, these laws

Readings: 1Cor4:1-5, Ps. 36, Luke 5:33-39 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia MAKE YOUR LIFE A NEW WINE OF GRACE IN THE FRESH WINESKINS OF YOUR HEART Oftentimes, we find it difficult to let go of our ugly old ways of life because we are so attached to them. But we must get rid of it

Readings: 1Cor 3:18-23, Ps. 23, Luke 5:1-11 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia   LEAVE ME, LORD; I AM A SINFUL MAN: THE VOICE OF TRUE CONVERSION   There is something deep and unique about every person, sometimes it takes personal experience to discover this uniqueness. I don’t know if you have ever had an experience

Readings: 1Cor 3:1-9 , Ps. 33, Luke 4:38-44 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia YOU ARE NOT GOD, YOU ARE ONLY HIS INSTRUMENTS IN THE WORLD Everyday, every moment, God is working on us so that we can work with him just the way engineers and builders take their time to construct a building plan which

Readings: 1Cor2: 10-16, Ps. 145, Luke 4:31-37 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia I KNOW WHO YOU ARE: THE HOLY ONE OF GOD From the scriptures, Jesus seems to have lived in a world of hostility and conflict between good and evil, as well as political witch-hunting, family divisions and demonic possession, just like we have

Readings: 1Cor2:1-5, Ps. 119, Luke 4:16-30 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia DON’T RIDICULE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEIR HUMBLE BACKGROUND   Oftentimes we treat and respect people based on our knowledge of their background and status, so we fail to look at the image of God found in them or what God is doing through them. This