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Most Rev. Gabriel 'Leke Abegunrin
Archbishop of Ibadan Archdiocese

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Reflections/Homilies

I have made you a light to the Nations

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Sat, 27 Apr 2024
 Acts 13:44-52, Jn 14:7-14. When Paul and Barnabas were expelled from the Synagogue and extradited from the territory, what seemed a failure actually served the spread of the Gospel. At least that was how Paul saw it. In today’s first reading, Paul quotes from Isaiah: “I have made you a light to the nati..

No One comes to the Father except through Me

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Acts 13:26-33, Jn 14:1-6. In his Synagogue sermon, Paul roamed through the Hebrew Scriptures, beginning with the patriarchs and Moses, ending with John the Baptist preparing the way for Jesus. In today’s first reading, Paul speaks directly to the situation of his hearers. He turns from the written word to the messa..

The Feast of St Mark, the Evangelist

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
 1 Pet. 5:5-14, Mk 16:15-20. Today we celebrate the Evangelist Mark who wrote the earliest of the four Gospels. Papias, an early Church writer describes Mark as assistant to Peter in Rome and translated Peter’s Aramaic sermons so that the Roman Christians could understand. According to Papias, after Peter&rsqu..

No one can Snatch them out of My Hand

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
 Acts 11:19-26, Jn 10:22-30. Today’s Gospel describes how Jesus spoke of our eternal future while teaching in the precincts of the Temple: “I give them eternal life and no one will snatch them out of my hand.” Thus, someone asked him: “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are Christ,..

I Am the Sheep Gate

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Acts 11:1-18, Jn 10:1-10. Today’s first reading relates Peter’s encounter with the Gentiles. Going out from Jerusalem to coastal Caesarea to tend Christ’s flock, he found himself addressing a Gentile household. Peter discovered that their baptism was not their first time to receive the Holy Spirit, for ..

The Good Shepherd is here to protect us as His flock

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Sun, 21 Apr 2024
 Acts 4:8-12, 1 Jn 3:1-2, Jn 10:11-18. As we celebrate the Good Shepherd on this Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B, the Church invites us to imitate Christ, the good and true Shepherd. In today’s first reading, Peter speaks of the stone that was rejected by the builders becoming the keystone of the building. Ther..

It is the Spirit that gives Life

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Sat, 20 Apr 2024
 Acts 9:31-42, Jn 6:60-69. Through the Easter season the risen Christ brings life to what seemed dead within us, to make our faith blossom again. We can have a kind of spiritual rebirth, like the woman in Lydda who was revived by Peter in today’s first reading narrative. Her name was Dorcas and her spirit of c..


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