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Readings: Deut 4:1-2.6-8, Ps.15;  James 1:17-18.21-22.27; Mark 7:1-8.14-15.21-23 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia. THIS PEOPLE HONOURS ME WITH THEIR LIPS BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME. IS YOUR HEART WITH THE LORD?   Oftentimes, we find it difficult to separate the commandments of God from human traditions. This no doubt plays out in our […]

Readings: 1Cor.1:26-31; Ps.33; Matt.25:14-30 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia LEARN TO PUT YOUR GOD’S GIVEN TALENTS INTO POSITIVE USE   Everyone is special, unique and a masterpiece. For there is not doubt in my mind that God has a plan for everyone of us, since each person has been given a special talent according to

Readings: 1Cor. 1:17-25, Ps.33, Matt.25:1-13 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia FILL YOUR OIL FLASK OF GRACE AND KEEP YOUR LAMP OF FAITH BURNING THE LORD IS COMING SOON Reflecting on how footballers, boxers, athletes, also engineers, doctors and farmers, business men and women devote time and energy in rigorous preparation towards achieving their goals. I

Homily For Thursday Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time Year B, 25th August, 2024. The Memorial of The Beheading of St. John the Baptist Readings: 1Cor. 1:1-9; Ps.145; Mark 6:17-29 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia   LORD GIVE US THE COURAGE TO STAND FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE In our society today people hates to hear the

Readings: 2Thess:3 6-10.16-18, Ps.128, Matt.23:27-32 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia WHY HAVE WE BECOME LIKE A WHITEWASHED TOMB? In our society today, the word “packaging” is one of the popular terminologies used by people to describe how they make things that are not too good to look extremely good, and this has a serious negative

Readings: 2Thes. 2:1-3. 14-17, Ps.96, Matt.23:23-26 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia LEARN TO BE A GOOD LEADER AND NOT HYPOCRITICAL LEADER LIKE THE PHARISEES   God created humanity to be managers of all that He created. To carry out this responsibility, He gave us the mantle of leadership as one of the characteristics of the

Readings: 2Thess.1:1-5.11-12, Ps. 96, Matt.23:13-22 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia STOP SWEARING UNNECESSARILY Oftentimes, I hear people say: I swear to say the truth, nothing but the truth. These are the words we often hear people say in the courts, in the streets, in the market places and even in the Church to express and

Readings: Jos.24:1-2.15-17.18; Ps. 34; Eph. 5:22-32; John 6:60-69 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia WHAT SHALL WE DO WHEN OUR FAITH AND LIFE SITUATIONS SEEM DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND? Life is about making good choices, and every day of our lives, we make choices that we think are good for us. But sometimes some good choices are

Readings: Rev. 21:9-14, Ps. 145, John 1:45-51 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia CAN YOU BE THAT PERSON OF INTEGRITY  LIKE ST. BARTHOLOMEW?   Reflecting on the ugly situation in our society today, where morals and virtuous actions are no longer valuable and fashionable as the society seems to be living, promoting and celebrating artful deception,

Readings:  Ezek. 37:1-14, PS.107, Matt. 22:34-40 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia. WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT OF GOD?   As human beings, we always desire to know what is required of us in this life. This is even more serious when we are faced with the realities of life, then we wish to know the