Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B: Vocation/Good Shepherd Sunday – April 21, 2024. Readings: Acts 4:8-12; Ps 117:1,8-9,21-23,26,28-29; 1 John 3:1-2; Gospel – John 10:11-18. The first reading discloses how Peter filled with the Holy Spirit cares for the vulnerable by healing a crippled man in the name of Christ. In the second reading St. John states that though what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed, when it is revealed, we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is. In the gospel, Jesus reveals himself as “The Good Shepherd”…
Author: Justine John Dyikuk & Okonkwo Denisia Ijeoma
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – January 28, 2024. Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Ps 95:1-2,6-7,7-9-; 1 Cor. 7:32-35; Gospel – Mark 1:21-28. Theme: Authoritative Witnessing! Sunday Synopsis The first reading recounts how Moses the veteran leader Israel promised the people that the Lord will raise a leader from amongst them as a response to their request at Horeb. The second reading reveals the Pauline theology of celibacy as a witnessing which pleases God. The gospel presents Christ as a witness par excellence whose teaching always makes a “deep impression” on his audience. The gospel further discloses Jesus’ authority by stating…
Shikrot Mpwi – Sunday Synopsis with Fr. Justine J. Dyikuk Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord – January 9, 2020. Readings Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Responsorial Psalm 28:1-4, 9-10; Acts 10:34-38 & Gospel Matthew 3:13-17. Theme: Celebrate Being Heirs of the Kingdom Solemnity Synopsis The message of Isaiah in the first reading points to Jesus who submits himself to be baptised by John as one who is endowed with the spirit whom the Lord delights in. In the second reading, St. Peter assures that the Lord does not have favourites. Jesus it was who brought the Good News of Peace…
Sports can be a great tool for building national cohesion and recently, when record-setting Nigerian athlete Tobi Amusan shattered the existing world record at the 2022 World Athletics Championship in Oregon, Nigerians found some cause for cheer and some momentary distraction from the many problems convulsing the country. At a time when it is not exactly love, light and laughter back home in Nigeria, Nigeria`s participation at the ongoing commonwealth games commonly known as Birmingham 2022 is giving Nigeria some reason for cheer as while as some positive publicity on the international stage. The commonwealth Games, often referred to as…
By Justine John Dyikuk & Okonkwo Denisia Ijeoma One of Nigeria’s leading NGOs, Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COFP) has distinguished itself as a pacesetter in transforming lives of the citizenry across the nation through education. In line with Malcolm X’s dictum “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today,” the Not-for-Profit-Organisation funds the education of destitute children through scholarships. As one of its core areas of intervention, 64 penniless children in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja were sponsored by the Foundation. COFP certified that children within its reach continue…
