Jesus’ mission is unequivocal. Jesus is inclusive – even ‘tax collectors and sinners’ are welcomed. They represent those whose professions and social status are ‘not respectable’. But Jesus shows that he has come for all people, without exception, and especially the weak and the vulnerable, the ‘sick’ and the ‘sinner’. How inclusive and compassionate Jesus…
Month: June 2022
Christ our Healer – June 30, 2022
In the healing of the paralytic, as narrated in the Gospel, we see that the people were awed, not only at the marvelous work itself but more so by the manner in which Jesus executed the miracle. Christ’s approach reveals something that sits deep within his person, namely the constitution of twin natures – divine…
Twin Giants of Early Mission – June 29, 2022
Today’s solemnity is a joyful commemoration in honor of the twin pillars upon which the foundations of the Christian mission was hinged. Peter, the prefect of the apostolic class and the rock upon whom Christ founded his Church; and Paul, formerly a vanguard of Jewish hostility and persecution against Christianity, converted and commissioned as the…
Peace Over Panic – June 28, 2022
St Irenaeus is remembered and revered by the Church for his remarkable and outstanding input to the tradition of biblical scholarship. The success of the task of arriving at what is today treasured as the canon of scripture, especially the New Testament, is significantly attributable to Bishop Iranaeus. The collect today addresses him as one…
The Costly Venture – June 27, 2022
Our Lord will not make a disciple without having him understand the full extent of the implications of the vocation. The truth may come with a sour taste, but it is definitely way better and more appreciable than a sugar-coated or finely decorated falsehood. The scribe who was desirous of embracing the badge of a…
Wholehearted Commitment – June 26, 2022
Elisha had been privileged with the vocation to succeed Elijah as Yahweh’s prophet, and Elijah had the Lord’s command to anoint him with the unction that bequeaths him the powers and authority to exercise his ministry of uttering divine oracle. Elisha’s reaction was striking. In slaughtering the oxen and burning the plough, we see a…
The Tongue of Truth – June 25, 2022
God raised St John the Baptist as a forerunner to make ready a nation fit for Christ the Lord, to direct the hearts of the people on the path of repentance which anticipates salvation. John was a missionary of an especial kind, a bridge between the prophetic promise of a Messiah in the Old Testament…
Love Unfathomed – June 24, 2022
The Church today honors with joyful solemnity the Sacred Heart of her Lord Jesus and prays that there should be an overflowing measure of grace and mercy from that fount of love. By this feast, the Church pays the homage of her devotion and offers worthy reparation for that precious Heart so loving yet so…
Obeying God’s Word – June 23, 2022
From the admonition of our Lord today, we ought to realize that it is profitable for our happiness and our salvation that we do the will of the Father. Our greatness as Christians is hinged on the extent to which we model our lives to conform to the teachings of Christ, the ordinances and precepts…
False Shepherds – June 22, 2022
Having schooled his disciples on the tenets and dynamics of the kingdom he has come to establish, which he expects them to further spread after his return to the Father, Jesus is keen on instructing them on the need to be alert for false prophets will arise and go about sowing darnels among the wheat….
The Golden Rule – June 21, 2022
Jesus invokes a basic instinctual tendency and desire humans have of willing good for the self. We always wish to be beneficiaries of good deeds and want people to bear with our weaknesses as well as pardon our errors and failings. We want others to show us love, compassion and kindness. We are happy and…
Unlicensed Judges – June 20, 2022
Judge not and you will not be judged,…take out the plank from your own eye first so you’re able to remove the splinter from your brother’s. Let there be no misconstruing the Lord’s instruction here. This command is not to be taken to mean that Christians are forbidden from reproving others’ bad actions or tendencies…
The Evening Chapel 