Otiti
Chapter One “What did you say?” Oboh asked his wife a second time.“I said where are you coming from at this time of the night?” Otiti was done taking nonsense from her husband. She had been suspecting him of having an affair with…
St Maria Goretti, Patron Saint of Abused Children and Rape Victims
Maria Goretti was born a poor peasant child in Italy in 1890, the third of six children. When she was nine, her family’s situation grew even worse, when her father died of malaria. Maria’s mother dutifully took her husband’s place in…
Lonely Farm Road
As I drove to the farm today, I could hear my heart pumping more blood than normal. The rhythmic ‘gbim, gbim’ made me self conscious. Was this adrenaline? My mind darted to the information I had received days ago that my parishioner was…
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time. Year II (Immaculate Heart of Mary). Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Immaculate heart of Mary!2 Tim. 4:1-8; Luke 2:41-51 Perhaps one of the first things we learn about Mary’s heart…
Today’s Reflection: The Fuel called Love!
The fuel called love!2 Tim. 2:8-15; Mark 12:28-34 Imagine the world without love; preachers preaching out of force of habit, not out of love for God or for His people. Imagine making tremendous sacrifices everyday just to prove a point to others, not out…
The glory of the martyrs – a sign of rebirth
The African martyrs add another page to the martyrology – the Church’s roll of honour – an occasion both of mourning and of joy. This is a page worthy in every way to be added to the annals of that Africa of earlier times which we, living in this era and…
Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time. Year II (St Charles Lwangwa and companions –Holy Martyrs of Uganda). Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese)
Be a good tenant!2 Pet. 1:2-7; Mark 12:1-12 Imagine! We live in a world that isn’t ours, with a life that isn’t ours, with a body and soul that aren’t ours, breathing air that isn’t ours, making money that isn’t ours,…
CONVERSATIONS WITH AN ITSEKIRI BIAFRAN-AMERICAN
Train arrives at Union Station Chicago. I walk out to Canal Street and book a ride on Lyft to O’Hare Airport Terminal 1. The driver’s identity pops up on the app. His name is Benedict. I see his photo – a black man. He arrives promptly and stops…
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”…
REV. FR. DERMOT DORAN CSSp: THE MAN WHO BROKE THE FOOD BLOCKADE ORDER
Do you know that the N!gerian government imposed a land, sea, and air blockade in B!afran territories during the war in order to prevent food, meditation, and other supplies from reaching the Biafran enclave? But someone broke the blockade rule. His name…