Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu

LET YOUR “YES BE YOUR “YES” AND YOUR “NO” BE YOUR “NO”!

READINGS: 2nd Sunday of Lent When I was growing up, the phrase “your word is your bond” was enshrined as a mark of integrity, nobility,...

Feb 26, 20233 min read

TOMORROW IS NOT A PROMISE

READINGS: First Sunday of Lent In the past two weeks, we have seen a 7.5 earthquake ravage Turkey and Syria and leave behind its wake...

Jan 29, 20233 min read

WHO ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT?

READINGS: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Sermon of the Mount is usually seen as a sequence of pronouncements made by our Lord as He...

WHEN PATIENCE WITH THE LORD GETS A WORKOUT

Jan 15, 20233 min read

WHEN PATIENCE WITH THE LORD GETS A WORKOUT

READINGS: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The first stance of this Sunday’s Responsorial Psalm, (2nd Sunday in year A), is taken from...

Jan 8, 20233 min read

THE VISIT OF THE MAGI: LIFE LESSONS

READINGS: The Epiphany of the Lord The story of the visit of the three wise men that travelled from the Far East to Bethlehem to see the...

Jan 1, 20233 min read

A FAMILY INFORMED BY THE HOLY FAMILY

READINGS: The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Two days ago, we celebrated the Feast of...

Dec 18, 20223 min read

A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

READINGS: Fourth Sunday of Advent “The virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). The...

Dec 11, 20222 min read

HELPING SOMEONE CROSS OVER

READINGS: Third Sunday of Advent I am reminded of a story a friend of mine once told me. It was rush hour on a hot-summer Friday...

Christmas: The Challenge of an Unknown Day!

Dec 4, 20222 min read

Christmas: The Challenge of an Unknown Day!

READINGS: Second Sunday of Advent In the gospel reading of this 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A (Matthew 3:1-12), John the Baptist issues an...

Nov 27, 20223 min read

GRATITUDE: A WAY OF LIFE

READINGS: First Sunday of Advent My dear friends, as we enter this week, our hearts and minds are focused on Thanksgivings weekend; a...

Nov 20, 20223 min read

KING OF KINGS

READINGS: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe This Sunday is the last Sunday in ordinary times and is also the...

Oct 29, 20223 min read

DEALING WITH “SHORTNESS IN STATURE”

READINGS: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time The gospel of this 31st Sunday in Ordinary times, (Year C, Luke 19:1-10), tells the story...

Oct 15, 20223 min read

THE POWER OF PERSISTENT PRAYER

READINGS: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Gospel reading of this 29th Sunday in Ordinary times, year C, (Luke 18:1-8), puts a...

Oct 8, 20223 min read

LOVING YOUR ENEMY: NOT EASY

READINGS: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the first reading of this 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (2 Kings 5:14-17), we read...

Oct 1, 20223 min read

IT IS NOT “WHY GOD” BUT “WHAT CAN I DO”

READINGS: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The past few years have not been easy. We have been inundated with the pandemic, hate...

Sep 24, 20223 min read

GATES AND CHASM HERE AND HEREAFTER

READINGS: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time In the gospel of this 26th Sunday in ordinary times, year C (Luke 16:19-31), we read about...

Sep 17, 20222 min read

THE GOD OF JUSTICE AND TRUTH

READINGS: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time In this Sunday’s 1st reading (Amos 8:4-7) we hear from Amos, a blue-collar lay preacher...

Sep 3, 20223 min read

COST OF DISCIPLESHIP

READINGS: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time In the 2nd reading of this 23rd Sunday, year C (Philemon 9-10, 12-17), we read a story...

Aug 20, 20223 min read

THE NARROW GATE

READINGS: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time The gospel reading for this 21th Sunday in ordinary times, year C, (Luke 13:22-30)...

Aug 13, 20222 min read

RUN AS TO WIN THE RACE

READINGS: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time In life, we are all, in one way or the other, involved in all kinds of specific races—...

Aug 6, 20222 min read