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Reading: Job 38:1.8-11; Ps.107; 2Cor 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41 Rev.  Fr. Emmanuel Emenike  Onyia   PEACE! BE STILL! FOR THE LORD WILL NOT LET YOUR BOAT OF FAITH SINK IN THE HEAVY STORMS OF LIFE   In the scriptures, we often hear stories of how people struggled with heavy storms as they assailed through the sea. […]

Reading: 2 Chron. 24:17-25; Ps.89; Matt. 6:24-34 Rev.  Fr. Emmanuel Emenike  Onyia   DO NOT BE TOO ANXIOUS AND WORRIED ABOUT THE THINGS OF THIS PASSING WORLD FOR GOD CARES ABOUT YOU   The activities and life of the human person are always competitive and comparative, that is why we are often anxious to recognize

Reading: 2Kings 11:1-4.9-18.20; Ps.132; Matt. 6:19-23 Rev.  Fr. Emmanuel Emenike  Onyia   WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE TREASURE AND HOW ARE YOU SECURING IT?   Every day under terrible scourges of the sun and noisy streets, people struggle to acquire things that they value as treasures of life. The quarrelling and fighting, the early morning rush,

Reading: Sir. 48:1-12; Ps.97; Matt. 6:7-15 Rev.  Fr. Emmanuel Emenike  Onyia   LEARN TO FOLLOW THE LORD’S PATTERN OF PRAYER   Today, Jesus knowing how important the act of prayer is to humanity, taught his disciples the principle and pattern of all prayers as we have it in our Gospel passage today, when he said:

Reading: 2 Kings 2:1.6-14; Ps. 31; Matt. 6:1-6.16-18 Rev.  Fr. Emmanuel Emenike  Onyia   THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS RELIGIOUS PIETY AND HUMANITARIAN SERVICES   There are three principle disciplines that guide all our religious pieties, these disciplines include almsgiving, prayer and fasting. They can be rightly extended to every act of righteousness and service rendered

Reading: 1 Kings 21:17-29; Ps.51 Matt. 5:43-48 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia WHY SHOULD WE LOVE OUR ENEMIES AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE US? Naturally, people desire to love and be loved, to relate and be in the company of those whom they love. Nobody enjoys being among those who detest them and cause

Reading: 1Kings 21:1-16; Ps. 5; Matt. 5:38-42 Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia CAN THE LAW: EYE FOR EYE AND TOOTH FOR TOOTH SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN OUR FAMILIES AND SOCIETY? The fragile and selfish nature of the human person, makes it seem natural and common for human beings to react positively or negatively to things

Reading: Ezek. 17:22-24; Ps.92; 2Cor 5:6-10; Mark 4:26-34 Rev.  Fr. Emmanuel Emenike  Onyia   UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF GOD’S KINGDOM   Using simple stories and parables to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson is one of the characteristics of Jesus in the Scriptures especially when addressing the people regarding very important things. So, by couching

Readings: 1Kings 19:19-21; Ps. 16; Matt. 5:33-37 Rev.  Fr. Emmanuel Onyia   WHY DO WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SAY “YES” OR “NO” WHEN WE MEAN IT?   I swear to say the truth nothing but the truth is the word we often hear people say in the courts, in the streets, in the market

Reading: Kings 19:9.11-16; Ps. 27; Matt. 5:27-32 Rev.  Fr. Emmanuel Emenike  Onyia   UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SEXUALITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT   There is no doubt that humanity has lost the dignity of the gift of human sexuality as a result of our sexual irresponsibility at different stages of human development. Human sexuality