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Fr. Ayeni Ayodele’s Homily — The Gospel of Grace: It’s Never Too Late for Salvation
Today, the prophecy of Isaiah points us toward the messianic age in which God’s gifts are freely offered: no payment and no credit card necessary! For all those who doubt their salvation because they consider themselves sinners, and for…
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Fr. Ugochukwu Ikwuka’s Homily — Whatever we get is essentially by God’s grace
Fr. Ugochukwu Ikwuka, C.S.Sp., Provincial Superior of the Spiritan British Province, reflects on the Gospel of the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Whatever we get is essentially by God’s grace.
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Fr. Ugochukwu Ikwuka’s Homily — 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Reflecting on Peter’s rebuke of Jesus after the first prediction of the Passion, Fr. Ikwuka, C.S.Sp., Provincial Superior of the Spiritan British Province, distinguishes believing in God from truly staking one’s life on that…
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Fr. Ayeni Ayodele’s Homily — By All Means, Keep Moving
Fr. Ayeni Ayodele, C.S.Sp., reflects on Jeremiah’s complaints to God as an expression of faith rather than despair, framing the Christian life as a journey toward “Jerusalem” that calls for perseverance through suffering, and…
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Homily of Fr Louison Emerick Bissila Mbila, C.S.Sp. — 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
In his homily for this Sunday — “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who has been his counsellor?” — Fr Louison Emerick Bissila Mbila, C.S.Sp., Executive Secretary of SCCAI, reflects on the answers the crowds gave to the question…
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Fr. Ugochukwu Ikwuka’s Homily — 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Reflecting on Peter’s confession of faith at Caesarea Philippi, Fr. Ikwuka considers why Christ entrusted his Church to a man as flawed and unreliable as Peter — a sign, he suggests, of how God’s confidence in imperfect people so…
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Fr. Ayeni Ayodele’s Homily — The Key is Faith
Taking the same Gospel scene as his starting point, Fr. Ayeni Ayodele reflects on faith as the key that allows Peter — and every believer — to recognise and respond to who Jesus truly is.
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Fr. Ugochukwu Ikwuka’s Homily — 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Reflecting on the Canaanite woman’s persistent plea to Jesus, Fr. Ikwuka considers what her exchange with Christ teaches about faith that refuses to be turned away, even when met with apparent silence or rejection.
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Fr. Ayeni Ayodele’s Homily — Reclaiming your Christian Identity as a Child of God through Insult
Taking the same Gospel scene, Fr. Ayeni Ayodele reflects on how the Canaanite woman’s dignity and identity as a child of God remain intact even in the face of an insulting exchange, and what that models for believers who face…
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Fr. Ugochukwu Ikwuka’s Homily — 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Reflecting on Peter walking on water and Elijah’s encounter with God in the “still small voice,” Fr. Ikwuka considers how faith holds steady amid the storms of life, and how God is often found not in dramatic upheaval but in…