SOLEMNNITY OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI. Year B. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese).
THE REAL DEAL!Exodus 24:3-8; Ps. 115:12-13,15-18; Heb. 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16,22-26. At seven o’clock in the evening on August 18, 1996, Fr. Alejandro Pezet was saying Holy Mass at a Catholic church in the commercial center of Buenos Aires. He had just…
Mary our Greatest Grand Mother
My Lord Bishop, Very Rev Fathers and Rev Fathers, Consecrated Men and Women, My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Glory to Jesus! Today, I invite us to reflect on the theme, “Mary, Our GRAND Mother.” I don’t mean “grand”…
Today’s Reflection
Friday of the Eight Week in Ordinary Time. Year II (Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Share your Joy with others!Zep. 3:14–18a; Lk 1:39–56 This feast was established by Pope Urban…
TIME FOR SOME SLIM FITTING
Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. Year II. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) 2 Kings 19:9-11,14-21,31-36; Matt. 7:6,12-14 The thing about heaven is that it’s not that easy to get into. But it’s where we all…
JUDGE NOT?
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. Year II. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) 2 Kings 17:5-8,13-15,18; Matt. 7:1-5 Today, the Lord Jesus Christ makes it abundantly clear to us that no one is free of guilt. Hence, he…
THE HEART THAT BEATS LOVE
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Year A. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Deut.7:6-11; John 4:7- 16; Matthew 11:25-30 Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was highly encouraged by mediaeval mystics; and particularly…
THE FIRE OF ELIJAH
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time. Year II. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Eccl. 48:1-15; Matt. 6:7-15 Going through the first reading, we’re fired up. It’s an Ode to prophet Elijah, who arose like a…
DON’T BE HYPOCRITES!
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time. Year II. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) 2 Kings 2:1,6-14; Matt. 6:1-6,16-18 Someone once said of Christians, that they are the most hypocritical set of Christians he had ever seen.…
OFFER THE WICKED MAN NO RESISTANCE?
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time. Year II. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) I Kings 21:1-16; Matt. 5:38-42 Today’s readings seem to present us with two extremes. We have Ahab whose ‘longer throat’ was…
HOLY COMMUNION
A Saintly priest had a devout parishioner who developed a habit of leaving the Church before the end of Mass. One day, while the parishioner was leaving the Church, the priest asked two altar servers with lighted candles to accompany him and a third…