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Most Rev. Gabriel 'Leke Abegunrin
Archbishop of Ibadan Archdiocese

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Reflections/Homilies

I handed on to you first what I received

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Thu, 19 Sep 2024
 1 Cor. 15:1-11, Lk. 7:36-50. We have opportunities to serve others as fellow human beings. There are so many ways of serving the needs of others, but Paul counts as vital the handing of the faith. In today’s first reading, Paul describes his own keen sense of vocation: “I handed on to you first of all w..

Maintain generosity to the poor

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Wed, 18 Sep 2024
1 Cor. 12:31-13: 13, Lk. 7:31-35. In today’s first reading, Paul speaks of love as the key virtue in the life of a disciple. If people are gifted with other gifts (such as prophecy, or speaking in tongues, or knowledge, or faith), yet refuse to treat people with love, then those other gifts are useless. Paul descri..

Young man, I say to you, arise

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Tue, 17 Sep 2024
1 Cor. 15:1-11, Lk. 7:36-50. In today’s first reading, Paul reflected on the kind of gifts that would help the Church to flourish. Without wanting to suppress any genuine inspiration, he knew that a charismatic type of leadership carries the risk of splintering the community. Enthusiasm for miracles risks an irrati..

Memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Mon, 16 Sep 2024
1 Cor. 11:17-26, 33, Lk. 7:1-10. In today’s first reading, Paul reproves the Corinthians because they separated themselves into two groups: the “haves” and the “have-nots.” Paul was upset that they were not acting like a community, particularly when they come together to celebrate at the Lor..

You are the Christ

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Sun, 15 Sep 2024
Ish 50:5-9, Jam. 2:14-19, Mk 8:27-35. On this Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, the Church invites us to take our most fundamental identity from being in Jesus who teaches us to express our faith in our actions. Today’s first reading presents us with Isaiah’s description of what he had to endure a..

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Num. 21:4-9, Jn 3:13-17. Today we celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in commemoration of the dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchres in Jerusalem over the site where Jesus died on the Cross. Today is also the celebration of the return of the Holy Cross to Jerusalem after it had been taken by the Persian..

Memorial of St John Chrysostom

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK
Fri, 13 Sep 2024
 1 Cor. 9:16-19.22-27, Lk. 6:39-42. In today’s first reading, Paul describes his energetic role as servant/leader, helped in his missionary work by a Divine impulse. He feels that sharing the Gospel with others is a commission entrusted to him by God and he feels driven to carry it out, whatever sacrifices it ..


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