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REFLECTION FOR TODAY, September 1, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One of God!” Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet! Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down in…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 31, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.” Luke 4:24 Jesus goes to the synagogue in Nazareth, and reads from a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. After this, he declares, “today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 28, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us!’ But he said in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.’” Matt. 25: 11-12 What a frightening and sobering experience that would be. This passage comes from the Parable of the Ten Virgins….

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 27, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.” Matthew 24:42 Jesus tells his disciples to be prepared and stay awake for we do not know the day or the hour of the Second Coming will be. We prepare…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 26, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 25, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may be clean.” Matthew 23:25-26…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 24, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 23, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah”. Matt. 16:20 The Bible passage for reflection in today’s Gospel comes immediately after Peter made his profession of faith in Jesus as the Messiah. Jesus, in turn, tells Peter…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 22, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “And Mary said, behold I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word” Lk. 1: 37 Mary our Mother, is queen of heaven and earth. Today is the Feast of the Queenship of Mary. We celebrate…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 21, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord,…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 20, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to meet the guests he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment….

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 19, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Are you envious because I am generous?” Matthew 20:15 The more we focus on our blessings as God’s children, the easier it becomes to reject selfish, envious thoughts and behavior. May God’s generosity and great love for us allow us to see more clearly…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 18, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” Matt. 19:30 Amid a culture of consumerism and a focus on self-advancement, the kingdom of God stands apart. We participate in God’s kingdom not by amassing wealth or promoting ourselves,…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 17, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Matthew…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 16, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” But Jesus did not say a word in answer to her. Jesus’ disciples came and asked him,…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 14, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, 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…

REFLECTION FOR TODAY, August 13, 2020 By Fr. Andrew Ibegbulem, OSA “‘You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?’ Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should…