St Joseph, father of Jesus, was known in the Bible by his profession-carpenter. Because of him Jesus was called a carpenter as well (Mark 6, 3). He must have been popular for this trade that requires much strength and action. Hence, he was a man of few words but identified with strength and action… […]
Category Archives: LENTEN SERIES
This section contains powerful Prayer Reflections drawn from the liturgical readings for the Lenten Season. The series covers the 40 days of Lenten with Sundays inclusive, for the liturgical years A, B and C.
If you are opportune to stand in the gap for a people or privileged to represent someone before an authority how would you discharge that function? Today many job applications, promotions, projects, business proposals, contracts, peace negotiations, etc, end up on peoples desks with damaging consequences because certain persons sit on it and never let […]
Keep Working Living a holy life could be difficult in our world today: if you manage to overcome the self or internal vices, the external ones are waiting patiently. Sometimes, the external temptations could be so discouraging leaving you with the thought that you’re wasting your time and left with no other choice than to […]
A deadly thing about Fault finders is the death of their senses to anything good in others since by default they are interested in seeing only mistakes and weaknesses. Today, the 24th day of our Lenten observance the Lord calls us to beware of such persons, and if we have gradually condescended to such lifestyles […]
How would you feel if you discover your wife ‘loves’ you because of your money or your husband married you because you are from a wealthy family, not because they he truly loves you? Someone once told me that she doesn’t love her husband and have not been able to say this for a long […]
Losing my mum few months to my priestly ordination is an experience I wish never to remember because a day which was supposed to be the most joyful day of my life became a sorrowful day. It was painful to see my mum lying in the box at my first official celebration of Christian burial as […]
Who between this couple is justified in their action: a man who habitually cheats on his wife because she is isn’t creative on bed, makes her sad the way he talks to her and whenever he desires conjugal love takes it by force but goes for confession weekly to be reconciled with God; and the […]
Everyone desires to know their progress as it boosts efficiency. Many ask me: how do I know I am closer to my desired goal? How do I track my progress. This may be your worries as well. You may have been praying and working hard on some projects and you don’t know the impacts or […]
There are Christians today who for fear of being persecuted and for reasons of increasing interaction hide their identities to become some sort of “anonymous Christians”- neither having the capacity to defend what they believe in nor condemn what is evil. But on the level of discipleship and followership Jesus creates two groups only: those […]
Today it is easier to grow a church congregation by watering the Gospel and making it less demanding. It is easier to attract followers by teaching the ‘sweet’ side of the gospel message than teaching righteousness or the Cross. Churches that emphasises holiness and Christian discipline would have few followers than ‘prosperity churches’. On this […]