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REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 16, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” Jn. 5:5-6 Our gospel reference today…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 15, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death. Jesus said to…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 14, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” John 3:16 Throughout history, the human person has had a tendency to choose what is the easier,…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 13, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. Lk. 18:9-10 God desires our love…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 12, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Mark 12:29-30. Our gospel reference contains Jesus’ response when he…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 11, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. Luke 11:20 Jesus came to bring us into the kingdom of God by delivering us from Satan. the public life of…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 10, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.” Matt. 5:17-18…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 9, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. Matthew 18:21–22 We all probably have at least…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 8, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong….

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 7, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 6, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends. But when your son returns who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 5, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Therefore, I say to you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.” Matt. 21:42 Our gospel reference of today form part of the parable Jesus told the chief priests and elders…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 4, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 3, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 2, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’ As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’” Matt. 23: 6-7 In our gospel reference today, Jesus spoke out clearly against the hypocritical behavior of…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 1, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.” Luke 6:36–37 Our gospel reference today speaks of the…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY February 28, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Mark 9:2–3 Our gospel reference today speaks…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY February 27, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just…