The “Sermon on the Plain” in Today’s Gospel (6:17,20-26) is Luke’s version of the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew’s Gospel (5 – 7). In the Lukan account, it appears...
Author - Chinaka Justin Mbaeri
Mass Reflections, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
HOMILY/REFLECTION FOR (FRIDAY) FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. FEBRUARY 15, 2019
In the Prophetic Tradition of the Old Testament, deafness and blindness are figures of resistance to the message of God. It could be said that man became resistant...
Mass Reflections, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
HOMILY/REFLECTION FOR (SATURDAY) FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. FEBRUARY 16, 2019
The expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to ‘till the earth’ as seen in the First Reading (cf. Gen 3:9-24) negates the veracity of the tempter’s assurance...
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE OTHER CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sometime around March 2018 (precisely a week to my priestly ordination), as I was about going for a retreat in...
Catholic Article, Catholicism, Questions & Answers, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
“IS PORNOGRAPHY GOOD FOR MARRIED COUPLES?”
“IS PORNOGRAPHY GOOD FOR MARRIED COUPLES?” For almost three months now, I’ve been trying to resolve some issues between a couple. I must confess, it is one of the most...
IS TITHING NECESSARY FOR SALVATION? Greetings to you, my dear friends in Christ! I’ve been quite passive on the social media for some time now, for the ‘obvious...
Catholic Article, Catholicism, Questions & Answers
WHY SHOULD I PARTICIPATE IN THE “STATIONS OF THE CROSS” DURING LENT
It’s that time of the year again, a period which we in one accord in fellowship with the ages past, keep vigil with our heavenly Lord, in his temptations and his fast by...
Dear friends in Christ, I present to you today the significance of Ash Wednesday, it’s scriptural background and spiritual importance in the life of every...
Catholic Article, Catholicism, Questions & Answers, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
“ALL SOULS” – REMEMBERING THE SOULS IN PURGATORY (I BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS)
Following the Solemnity of All Saints which the Church celebrated yesterday, today She celebrates the Commemoration of the faithful departed – “ALL SOULS”. With the...
Catholic Article, Catholicism, Questions & Answers, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS: WHAT IS A SAINT? ARE THE SAINTS DEAD? CAN THEY REALLY HEAR US? WHY ASKING FOR THEIR INTERCESSION? IS IT IN THE BIBLE?
A REFLECTION FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS (NOV. 1, 2017) Dear friends in Christ, Holy Mother Church celebrates today, the Solemnity of All Saints. A Solemnity is the...
