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Homilía para el Vigésimo Tercer Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario, año C.
El discipulado requiere un plan responsable y sacrificio Sabiduría 9, 13-18; Salmo 89; Filemón 9 ss.; Lucas 14, 25-33. El discipulado es una palabra muy frecuente en el cristianismo. Significa seguir a Jesús en palabras, pensamientos y obras. Significa reflejar en todo lo que hacemos, decimos y pensamos los ejemplos de Cristo. Como cristianos, estamos…
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Homilía para el Vigésimo Primer Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario, año C.
Muchos vendrán del este y del oeste. Isaías 66:18-21; Salmo 117:1, 2; Hebreos 12:5-7, 11-13; Lucas 13:22-30 Muchos de nosotros podemos decir con gran confianza: «Soy miembro de la fe cristiana». Muchos de nosotros también podemos decir: «Amo a Jesucristo. Él es mi Señor y Salvador». Estas declaraciones son cruciales y fundamentales. Pero las lecturas…
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Homilía para el Vigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario, año C
Yo esperaba con ansia al Señor, y él escuchó mi grito Jer 38, 4-6. 8-10; Sal 39, 2-4.18; Heb 12, 1-4; Lc 12, 49-53 ¿Por qué les suceden cosas malas a las personas buenas? ¿Por qué se persigue a quienes dicen la verdad y se oponen a la injusticia? La experiencia humana está llena de…
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Make Akwa Ibom Great, say NO to sycophancy!
The society can only get better if we keep to the barest minimum our individual/selfish (egoistic) interest in order to pursue a collective/common good. Building a better society has never been easy because the activists for a better society must fight against those who currently enjoy the status quo. As Alhaji Musa will always ask:…
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Create a space for others…
Have you noticed that no matter how many birds fly in the sky it is never ever filled up? No matter how many animals there are in the forest, it is never ever filled up. No matter how many aquatic animals there are in the sea, it is never ever filled up. Nature has made…
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Meditations: Bread for the journey Vol 1. No. 1
This painting of the crucified Jesus being surrounded by his beloved mother Mary and his beloved disciple John drawn from from the passion narrative of the Gospel of John speaks volumes. At the hour of our trial and persecutions. At the hour of need. At the hour of our rejection by world standards. When we…
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PROTECT THE BEAUTY OF THE AFRICAN FAMILY SYSTEM AND VALUES
Over the past two decades the family life and institution have come under serious threats and attacks by the same ideologies that sought to destroy Faith in God in the wake of the so-called Enlightenment. The Church which has been at the forefront of defending the sacredness and inviolability of human life from womb…
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“I AM THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION” -YO SOY LA INMACULADA CONCEPCIÓN
We live in a world abounding in sin and sinners. Yet, it is a world that denies the existence of sin. Why is that? Because sin is an offense against God, and many do not believe in God. Therefore, if there is no God, there cannot be any sin. But we are surrounded by…
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OH MONEY: WEAK AND DECEPTIVE!
OH MONEY… How weak and deceptive you are! Money can buy a house but not a home; money can buy a book and certificate but not knowledge; money can buy a clock but not time; money can buy a bed but not sleep; money can earn a title but not respect; money can earn many…
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MEDITATION ON THE PSALMS VOLUME 1.
Psalm 1 “1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 