Category: Fr Ibegbulem

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 21, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 20, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you,…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 19, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 18, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began. Jn. 17:4-5 Jesus offers a final prayer to his Father. He…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 17, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” Jn. 16:33 After the last supper discourse, the disciples of Jesus were relieved because He spoke…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 16, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.” Mk. 16:15-16 Today, we celebrate the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 15, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you clearly about the Father.” Jn. 16:25 At the last supper with His disciples, Jesus wanted to…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 14, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. Jn. 15:16 Today being the 14th of…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 13, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA So, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 12, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.” Jn. 16:12-13 Our gospel reference today may seem so familiar to…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 11, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “Now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. But I tell you the truth, it…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 10, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify because you have been with me from the beginning.”…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 9, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” Jn. 15:13 In our everyday life, we speak of love, but do we really understand what love really is and about? Love is very often understood as a strong…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 8, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 7, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 6, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. Jn. 15:10 Jesus in our gospel reference of today speaks to his disciples on the primacy of love and obedient….

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 5, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Jn. 15:5 Jesus used a powerful metaphor in our gospel reference today to capture the relationship that…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 4, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you.” Jn. 14:27 One of the greatest longing for the human person today is peace. The desire for…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 3, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Philip said to Jesus, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY May 1, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter’s son?” Matt. 13:54-55 On this feast of St. Joseph, the Worker…