Category: Enlightenment, Exhortation, Encouragement and Inspiration
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TE DEUM (EFIK VERSION) – IMOTORO FI, O OBONG!
Translation by VBA 2020 Afo, O Abasi, Imotoro Fi, Afo O Obong, imifiori (imokworo) Fi; Afo, Nsinsi Ete, kpukpru ererimbot ekpono Fi. Kpukpru mm´Engel, kpupru mm´odudu enyong Cherubim ye Serafin, ekwo una utit ikwo itoro eno Fi: Edisana, Edisana, Edisana, Obong Abasi mme Udim, Enyong y´isong eyoho y´itoro Fo. Mme asian udim mme Apostles, etoro…
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HOMILY OF 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A GOD COMES CALMLY AND QUIETLY (1Kg 19:9. 11-13; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33)
On this nineteenth Sunday the Church reminds us that Jesus our Savior is always close to us. In times of great anguish, such as Paul experienced, Christ is always with us calming the storms of our life and brings peace. The presence of the storm and all that it represents definitely make us confused, and…
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Give them something to eat yourself – Homily for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time of Year A
The hunger in our world today is all too real and painful. But there are other hungers too -hunger for peace and security, hunger for justice, hunger for help and comfort in difficulties and, perhaps the strangest and deepest of all, the hunger for happiness. This invitation is directed to those who hunger and thirst…
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HOMILY OF 16TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR ALOVE CONQUERS EVIL(Wis 12:13, 16-19, Rom 8:26-27, Matt 13:24-43)
We are been confronted daily with different life’s situation that sometimes it make us to cast doubt on the existence of God and His love for us. As we wonder on why the existence of evil in the world and most especially among the righteous, the church invites us to know that God is both…
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HOW MUCH DOES A CUP OF HATRED COST?
I never knew it was that costly.I wanted to know the cost of HATRED, so I decided to branch to a shop where it’s being sold.As a good businessman who was looking for a buyer, the sales man rushed out to ask what I wanted.I told him I wanted just a cup of hatred, and…
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HOMILY OF 15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YR ATHE POWER OF THE WORD(Isa 55:10-11, Rom 8:18-23, Mt 13:1-23)
We celebrate today Christ who came to sow the seed of God’s word in the world, and we rejoice with him as we see everywhere around us the first-fruits of the spirit. In the light of Isaiah’s prophecy and Christ’s parable of the sower, the church enjoins us to evaluate our relationship with the word…
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Tell your story – Rule 1 – Basic rules of happy living
The world needs to see the picture you give to it; it is first-hand, authentic, and reliable. A beautiful picture of yourself and your cute smile inspires others. When you are gone, someone else would tell your story, someone else would put up or paint a picture of you, and you do not know which…
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Learn from me: gentleness and humility – Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
At a time like this when we all need a helping hand or an encouraging word, Jesus invites us to be like little children, “Come to me, all you who labour and overburdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in…
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“Priests never live for themselves” – Priestly ordination homily of the Bishop of Jaén
As the Lord’s trustees, priests never live for themselves, nor do they make any distance from the needs of the people … When it is difficult for you to carry on your shoulders the people entrusted to you by the Lord, do not complain so much about what you do or what frustrates you; only…
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Welcoming Christ in others – Homily for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
“the stranger who stands before us comes not simply as an emissary and representative of Christ but of the Father who sent Christ into the world” – Fr. Dumlesi N. Tor (2Kgs 4, 8-11. 14-16; Rom 6, 3-4.8-11; Matt 10, 37-42) If a common thread is to be found between today’s First Reading (2Kgs 4:…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 