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REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 19, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.” Lk. 12:35-36 In anticipation of their master’s return from his wedding…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 18, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few; so, ask the master of the harvest to…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 17, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus summoned the twelve and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 16, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.” Lk….

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 15, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed on the housetops….

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 14, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things, for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say. Lk. 11:53-54 The truth is always bitter and when spoken, it…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 13, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 12, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal. The Lord said to him, “Oh…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 11, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.” Lk. 11:29-30 Sometimes…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 10, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Mk. 10:17 What do I price most? What is my idol? What is my wealth?…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 8, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” Lk. 11:23. Jesus casts out devils by the finger of God not by Beelzebul as his detractors claim. He points to this truth in our gospel reference of…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 7, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 6, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 Jesus spent most time in prayer with the Father, so it is…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 5, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 4, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Lk. 10:25 The question of the scholar of the law in our gospel reference today regarding what we must do…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 3, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY October 1, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to them, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.” Lk. 10:13 The desire to…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 30, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY September 28, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. Lk. 9:51-52 There is much to reflect on our gospel reference today. What was it that made Jesus determine…