In the first reading, God said that Abram will be a blessing to others and that by him all the families of the earth shall bless themselves. Abram was thus blessed by God because of how Abram listened, obeyed and kept to every word that God spoke to him. But all families of the earth […]
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In the first reading, we are given the account of how death came into the world through Adam and Eve’s sin of disobedience of the commands of God, and their greed of wanting to be greater than how God created them to be. Though Adam and Eve, and indeed the whole of humanity, offended God
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THE EMERGENCE OF CONTRACEPTION (The Hydra-headed problem) AND THE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH (continued) Before we continue our discussion on contraception dear Friends, let us ponder for a moment: If truly contraception was wrong from the beginning of Christianity until 1930 when the Anglican Church accepted it, what really changed? Does the truth ever change?
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St.Paul, in the second reading, makes us understand that human beings are the temples of God because God’s Spirit dwells in them, and for that reason it amounts to an assault against God if in any way we try to destroy any human being; Paul says that should there be an attempt to destroy God
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In the first reading, we are told that before us is presented the choice of good and evil, life and death, and then we are told that anyone we choose will be given to us. To make the right choice, the second reading encourages us to bring ourselves to be imparted with the secret and
In the gospel reading, our Lord Jesus Christ reminds us that we are the light of the world, and then commands us, saying: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” But we know that there is no light
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The first reading tells us about the Lord that we seek, and notes that we must be alert at all times because this Lord that we seek will suddenly come to his temple. The sudden entrance of the Lord into his temple is confirmed in the gospel reading, and we learn from that reading that
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The first reading present to us the servant in whom God is glorified as that servant who helps Israel to retrace her step back to God anytime that Israel strays from God. The second reading makes us understand that one of the main characteristics of a servant in whom God is glorified is that even
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POPE’S WORLDWIDE PRAYER NETWORK APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER POPE’S INTENTION: Promotion of World Peace We pray that Christians, followers of other religious, and all people of goodwill may promote peace and justice in the world.We pray O Lord. ARCHBISHOP’S INTENTION: Peace in Our Nigeria. During this month of January, we pray for peace in our country
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The first reading teaches us that God has established His justice in the earth through His chosen one, in whom He is well pleased. And the gospel reading points out to us that the chosen one of God, in who God is well pleased, is the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is evident
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