33RD Sunday in Ordinary Time: WHERE LIES THE CHRISTIAN VICTORY?
The gospel passage that speaks to the theme of this weekend comes from the beatitudes: Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Nov 5, 2022
- 5 min
32ND SUNDAY: THEY ARE SADDUCEE (SAD-YOU-SEE)
I was literally looking for a theme for the readings of this weekend when Fr. Austin (my pastor) shared this joke with me. At first I...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
ALL SAINTS: ON THE SCALE OF BLESSEDNESS
The story of All Saints is about God’s magnificence; made in God’s image, saved by His grace. On this Feast, the Church celebrates the...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Oct 28, 2022
- 5 min
31st Sunday: THE ONLY APPROVED AMBUSH
Our impression of an ambush has to do with something negative. Its synonyms are: waylay, ensnare, trap. An ambush is “a surprise attack...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Oct 16, 2022
- 2 min
A RETREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LADIES
To come to Jesus, you need courage, but whence it happens, you're never the same. The truth is that Jesus constantly invites us to break...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Oct 15, 2022
- 5 min
29th Sunday: MASSIVE ATTACK, MASSIVE DEFENSE
My teammates in my seminary days would be familiar with this phrase, “massive attack, massive defense.” This was the slogan that won our...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Oct 8, 2022
- 5 min
28TH SUNDAY: THANKSGIVING, AN ACT OF FAITH
This year’s (2022) Thanksgiving is on November 24th and it is usually a huge event in the US. But the question can be asked, What are you...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Oct 1, 2022
- 5 min
27TH SUNDAY:THE MUSTARD SEED-FAITH
We hear mostly about the depth of faith and how that comes into action in the readings of this weekend. Like the disciples in the gospel,...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Sep 24, 2022
- 5 min
26TH SUNDAY: THE LAZARUS BEFORE YOU
Paul’s words in today’s reading are very compelling, “Compete well for the faith.” Paul is usually direct, using prescriptive and...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Sep 10, 2022
- 5 min
24TH SUNDAY: THE JOY OF FINDING WHAT WAS LOST
The readings of this weekend speak of the joy that flows from finding the lost. Paul was lost and recounts his personal story. His...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Sep 3, 2022
- 5 min
23RD SUNDAY: FAITH, A SIGN OF CONTRADICTION
The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a book with the title, Cost of Discipleship. In that book, the author stated that...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Aug 27, 2022
- 4 min
22ND SUNDAY: HUMILTY IS THE BEST ADVOCATE
Christ says in the parable, "When someone invites you to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Aug 20, 2022
- 7 min
21ST SUNDAY: DISCIPLINED AND CHASTISED THROUGH SUFFERING: THE EXAMPLE OF LITTLE JOSHUA
My goal for this weekend’s homily is not to make suffering look easy but to reinforce the need for commitment to God’s will at the...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Aug 6, 2022
- 5 min
19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: A MOVING FAITH
God requires a moving faith, not faith that is stagnant or dormant. A moving faith is patient and consistently waits for the Master. A...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jul 30, 2022
- 5 min
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: “GOD OR NOTHING”
I borrowed the title of this reflection from Cardinal Sarah’s book, “God or Nothing.” While sharing the trajectory of his journey, the...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jul 23, 2022
- 6 min
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: AS PERSISTENT AS ABRAHAM: WHAT IS IT ABOUT MIDNIGHT?
Abraham’s request in the first reading of this Sunday seems somewhat discomforting. He bargains very hard with the Lord, with boldness...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jul 16, 2022
- 8 min
Four reasons the works of mercy are important
By Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R. Many good Catholics do not realize how important the works of mercy are in the daily living of the...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jul 16, 2022
- 5 min
16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: SHARING IN THE LORD’S HOSPITALITY
Whereas hospitality to strangers presents in the readings of this Sunday, the Lord is inviting us to identify the joy which comes from...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- Jul 9, 2022
- 5 min
15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: GO AND DO LIKEWISE: WHAT’S THAT?
The injunction/response given by Jesus to the scholar in the gospel answers the rhetoric which Moses put forward to the Israelites about...
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Vincent Arisukwu
- May 28, 2022
- 5 min
ASCENSION OF THE LORD: AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES
If someone asks to know how you are witnessing to Christ, what will be your answer? If the question goes further to ask whether you’re an...
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