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REFLECTION FOR TODAY April 5, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA The chief priests assembled with the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.’ And if this gets to…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY April 4, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in,…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY April 3, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Now there stood by the Cross of Jesus, His Mother, and His Mother’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen” John 19:25 The Savior of the World died a cruel death upon the Cross. His scourged body was laid in the tomb. His disciples…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY April 2, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. Lk. 23:46 Today is a time to remember how much God loves us. He loves us enough to suffer and die, to transform the cross into the tree of life, and to abide with us in…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY April 1, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 31, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 30, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.” Jn. 13:31-32 We may wonder how Judas who had lived and…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 29, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, “Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given to the poor?” Jn. 12:4-5 Jesus was with His disciples at the home of Lazarus,…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 28, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Those preceding him as well as those following kept crying out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!” Mk. 11:9-10 As Jesus entered…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 27, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA So, the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 26, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 25, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace!…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 24, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Jn. 8:31-32 While Jesus was in the Jerusalem for the…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 23, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him. Jn. 8:30 Jesus was direct and on point when it comes to speaking against the evil and hypocrisies of the Pharisees. Prior to our gospel reference today he had told the Pharisees, they…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 22, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”Jn. 8:7 Who is without sin? Our gospel reference today forms part of the story of the woman caught in adultery and about to be stoned to…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 21, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” Jn. 12:24 Death does not necessarily sound all that inviting to most…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 20, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA The guards answered, “Never before has anyone spoken like this man.” So, the Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, which does not know the law, is accursed.” Jn….

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 19, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. Matt. 1:24 Joseph whom we celebrate his solemnity today is the Patron of the Universal Church, Patron of the unborn child, Patron Saint…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 18, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?” John 5:44 The human person can easily forget the works of God in their lives. we need healing from our sins…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY March 17, 2021 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself…