5TH SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR C

MAKING ALL THINGS NEW: A HOMILY ON THE 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR C Thus says the Lord, who made a way through the sea, a path in the great waters; who put chariots and horses in the field and a powerful army which lay there never to rise again, snuffed out, put out like […]

EUCHARIST

EMPLOYER VS EMPLOYEE: A SERMON ON THURSDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT Recently, I met a man who greeted me by saying ‘God bless your ministry!’ and this got me thinking. Who is the employer here and who is the employee. Is my ministry as a priest a job given to me by God or a […]

HEALING

HEALING AS SALVATION: A SERMON ON WEDNESDAY, 4TH WEEK OF LENT Have you ever been asked if you are saved? What does it mean to be saved. We can understand salvation by studying the meaning of several words. We always sing ‘Salve Regina’, which means ‘Hail Holy Queen’. That word ‘Salve’ is related to the […]

SIN, FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION

SIN AS/AND SICKNESS: A SERMON ON TUESDAY, 4TH WEEK OF LENT There was a man whose name is ‘Unbelievable’, and even that is ‘unbelievable’. At his old age, he became uncomfortable with this name and on his death-bed, he told his wife that he will not want to be remembered with that name. He told […]

LOVE OF GOD

LOVE OF GOD: A MISSION SERMON “I LOVE YOU” means “I DONT WANT YOU TO DIE” I promised myself that I will tell this story at every single mission I preach. It is the story of a little girl who changed my life. Once I was on mission in a parish. It was the week […]

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR C

TO THE NEXT LEVEL: A HOMILY ON THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR C One phrase that every Nigerian can understand is ‘Next Level’. This was the motto of President Buhari in the just concluded presidential election. With this phrase, he promises to take Nigeria to what he calls the ‘Next Level’. His supporters are […]

VRYDAG, DERDE WEEK VAN VASTYD

‘TOTUS TUUS’?: ‘N HOMILIE OM VRYDAG, DIE DERDE WEEK VAN VASTYD, DEUR VR. Die heilige pous Johannes Paulus II se leuse is ‘Totus Tuus’ wat beteken ‘Totaal en al uwe’. Wat dit vir hom beteken is dat hy totaal en al aan die Geseende Maagd Maria behoort. Dit is ‘n toonbeeld van sy totale toewyding […]