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“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.” (1 John 4:7-8) Last Sunday, we asked ourselves: “As a branch, am I still connected to Jesus, the Vine?” We saw that … Continue reading Beloved, Let Us Love One Another
“If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world-- therefore the world hates you.” (John 15:19) Is it possible to love someone who hates you? This is the challenge Jesus poses for us … Continue reading Love Those Who Hate You
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.” (John 15:13-14) It is one thing to know a person, but a different thing to be a friend to that person. We all know God as Christians but the … Continue reading You Are My Friends If You Do What I Command You
“I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.” (John 15:11) Today’s first reading is the conclusion of the debate that sparked off among the Apostles on the issue of circumcision. Led by the Spirit of God, Peter in the company of … Continue reading Circumcise your hearts, not your skin
“Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.” (John 15:2) In the parables of the Lost Coin, the Lost Sheep, the Prodigal Son, more attention is placed on the lost the strayed, the sinner. So what happens to the good guy? What is the lot of the ninety-nine obedient sheep? … Continue reading Every branch that bears fruit must be pruned
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” (John 14:27) Going through today’s readings, one would find it difficult to reconcile the promise of peace that Jesus talks … Continue reading Not As the World Gives Do I Give To You
“Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” (John 14:8) When you watch a football match, there are actually some players you never get to notice, whose names are not mentioned often yet without them, without the great work they do quietly, the team is not complete. This analogy … Continue reading Celebrating Saints Philip and James
By Chris Odinaka Nwedo The origin of the word "religion" has been a highly controversial subject from early times. Not even today is it a closed question. Collaborating the facts of this complexity, St. Augustine noted that most of us know perfectly well what religion is - until someone asks us to define it. … Continue reading Definition of Religion
Sunday 2nd May 2021. Read Acts 9:26-31, Psalm 22, 1st John 3:18-24 and John 15:1-8 “I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) Last Sunday, we celebrated our Lord Jesus Christ as our … Continue reading As a Branch, Am I Still Connected To Jesus, the Vine?
