THE POWER TO RENEW!
Pentecost Sunday. Year A. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Acts 2:1-11; Ps.104:1-34; 1 Cor.12:3-7,12-13; John 20:19-23 As I reflect on the Feast of Pentecost, I think about the unction to speak in a language that everyone can…
KEMI
Chapter Five Kemi couldn’t stop herself from sobbing. She had nearly killed someone’s child because of her recklessness.“Don’t be too hard on yourself Barrister Kemi. It’s not easy to take this all in.” Mangodo kept…
POPE APPOINTS AUXILIARY BISHOP FOR CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF UMUAHIA, NIGERIA
The Holy Father, Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Michael Kalu Ukpong of the clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria, Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, also assigning him Titular Bishop of the See of Igilgili.…
PREACHING IN CHAINS
Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Acts 28:16-20.30-31, John 21:20-25 In life, we tend to get bitter in, and at some situations. Justifiably so. Imagine what Paul had been through. From the…
EX POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE MURDER
CNN reports that Derek Chauvin, the officer that directly knelt on the neck of the slain George Floyd, after being dismissed from the force, has now been arrested and charged with third degree murder (manslaughter). However, the family says that this is…
KEMI
Chapter Four Ivy was a young ‘gentle lady of the night’. No. She wasn’t born into prostitution. She had come to Lagos to stay with an aunt in Ojodu in 2012, just after she sat for her WAEC and NECO exams. After assurances to her ailing…
LET GOD TAKE THE WHEEL
Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese) Acts 25:13-21; John 21:15-19 It’s so wonderful to BE in control, to FEEL in control. Why else do we refuse to leave the steering wheel of our lives to…
KEMI
Chapter Three It had been four days since Doctor Mangodo told her she was depressed – Kemi knew many people were depressed, but somehow, she hadn’t actually thought she was one of the many. She had hoped the general disinterestedness would…
“I CAN’T BREATHE”: JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
“Then the Lord God formed man, of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). The scriptural text above shows that after creating man, he was nothing but created dust.…
“THERE IS NO SUB-HUMAN HERE”: ‘SQUANTO’
I cannot remember the exact age I was when I saw Squanto. If I were to guess, I think eleven or twelve. I remember seeing it on a local Television channel. We did not have Cable TV back then. I don’t remember the name of most of the characters but I…