REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 8, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because…
Month: September 2021
WHAT DRAWS YOU TO JESUS – HIS WORD OR HEALING?
REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 7, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him…
WHAT ARE YOUR INTERIOR INTENTIONS AND THOUGHTS?
REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 6, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover…
“EPHPHATHA!”: “BE OPENED
REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 5, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”. And [immediately] the man’s…
JESUS AND THE LAW OF THE SABBATH
REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 4, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.” Lk. 6:5 The Pharisees were never tired of challenging Jesus and his disciples on their scrupulous approach to observing the laws of God. Today’s short gospel reference form part of Jesus’s defending his disciples against…
First Friday Mass, September 3, 2021
COURAGE TO CHANGE
REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 3, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who has been drinking…
PETER’S RESPONSE OF SELF-AWARENESS
REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 2, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” Lk. 5:8 The encounter of Peter with Jesus and his expression of sinfulness before Him as expressed in our gospel…
JESUS AND SIMON’S MOTHER IN-LAW
REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 1, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on…