DO YOU HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT?
Image credit@pixabay Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter (Opt. Mem. of Our Lady of Fatima). Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Acts 15:1-6; John 15:1-8 When a little stone is thrown into a large body of water, it causes ripples.…
BEWARE OF ‘SPIRITUAL PRIDE’!
Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter. Reflection by Rev. Fr. Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Acts 14:5-18; Ps.114:1-4,15-16; John 14:21-26 It is said that pride goes before a fall. When God works signs and wonders through us we must LEARN to say…
THE MINISTRY OF SERVICE!
Fifth Sunday of Easter. Year A. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese). Acts 6:1-7; I Pet. 2:4-9; John 14:1-12 Nine years ago I was ordained deacon, and it certainly wasn’t so that I could distribute food daily to a group of…
WE HAVE FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES!
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter. Reflection by Rev. Fr. Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese)Acts 13:44-52, Psalm 98 and John 14:7-14 In Esan language, there’s a song that reminds us that those who serve idols very soon become like those idols.…
YOU CAN’T MAKE LOVE DRESSED UP
Recently, a colleague of mine uploaded a page from a book he was reading on our class chatroom on WhatsApp. The lines were DEEP. I loved it. I recognise thought patterns; writers that attempt to walk on the fringes of reality, and on the precipice of…
DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED!
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Acts 13:26-33; John 14:1-6 The opening words of Jesus in the gospel reading of today are very comforting. I know many of us woke up this morning in distress,…
Know your salvation history!
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Acts 13:13-25; John 13:16-20 Perhaps the reason many of us Christians drift about in the world, without any major sense of purpose is because we don’t…
I WAS ONCE A CATHOLIC…
Emmanuel Anyan “I was a Catholic once,” said the lady a few yards from me in the parking lot. “Now I’m a Christian and you can be one as well.” She preceded to hand a tract to a gentleman standing next to the opened trunk of his car. I couldn’t…
Does God punish?
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Acts 12:24-13:5; John 12:44-50 Have you ever tried asking a student who failed an exam, to tell you his/her score? You’ll hear something like,…
Why young people leave the Catholic Church!
This question is not mine. I was asked by one young fellow who thinks that young Catholics are constantly preyed upon by their peers in other churches. But looking at the question, I do see a genuine concern in it. It is a fact that young Catholics form…