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Homily For the Solemnity Of the Most Holy Trinity, Year A.

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Exodus 34:4-6.8-9; Psalm: Daniel 3:52-55; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13, John 3:16-18. “THE BLESSED TRINITY: THE UNITY OF LOVE AND PEACE By: Rev. Fr. Charles Onyeka Ezejide. ·        Today, the church celebrates the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Unity of the three persons in one God. Three persons yet one God, one Holy and indivisible God. The unity of peace and love. In celebrating this solemnity, we celebrate the love that exists between these Persons, not three gods. ·        Our common catechism teaches us that God is a mystery and a supernatural being with supernatural powers. This seems to suggest that natural beings cannot easily and completely understand the supernatural being. The finite cannot completely and does not possess the ability to unravel the mystery of the infinite God. This can be said too of the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. If we completely know God or understand the ways of God, then H...
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Homily For Pentecost Sunday, Year A.

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Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31. 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7. 12-13, John 20:19-23. “THE HOLY SPIRIT: GIFT THAT LEADS TO FRUITS By: Rev. Fr. Charles Onyeka Ezejide. ·        Today, the church celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the church. The fulfilment of Jesus' promise to send us the advocate who will teach us the complete truth (Jn. 6:13). This very promise assures us that all the promises God has made to us will be fulfilled in our lives. ·        The outpouring of the Holy Spirit today is not the beginning of the church, but the universal inauguration of the church to preach even to the ends of the earth. To move from the local Church of Jerusalem to a more universal church where everyone is included, both Jews and Gentiles alike. ·        Today, the church receives the auction to function. To break loose from the bondage of fear and uncertainty that had held her ca...
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Homily For The 7TH Sunday Of Easter, Year A.

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Acts 1:12-14; Psalm 27:1, 4, 7-8; 1 Peter 4:13-16, John 17:1-11. “THE PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY!” By: Rev. Fr. Charles Onyeka Ezejide. ·        Today, the church celebrates the seventh Sunday of Easter. The last Sunday before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. This Sunday is special because Jesus discusses his parting wishes with his disciples and prays for the church he was leaving behind. ·        Dearly beloved in Christ, it is not coincidental that last Sunday, Jesus promised his disciples a parting gift, which is the Holy Spirit, and today he prays specifically for the church and the leadership of the church he was leaving behind so that they may be strongly united and guided. ·        This is exactly what we see in the unity of the College of Apostles in the first reading (Acts 1:12-14). Having witnessed the ascension of Christ into Heaven, they remained united in pray...
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Homily For The 6th Sunday Of Easter Year A.

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Acts 8:5-8. 14-17; Psalm 66:1-7. 16.20; 1 Peter 3:15-18, John 14:15-21. “PREPARING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT!” By: Rev. Fr. Charles Onyeka Ezejide. ·        The church celebrates today the sixth Sunday of Easter. For over six weeks now, the resurrected Lord has continuously manifested his power on the life and mission of the church through his apostles. ·        Today the Lord, through the readings, set our gaze on the eminency of the Holy Spirit and what we ought to be doing to dispose ourselves for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, that spirit that makes us cry “Abba Father” (Gal. 4:6). ·        Dearly beloved in Christ, in a few days, the Lord will ascend to heaven in the full view of his disciples to make real his promise to them, “Unless I go, the advocate (Holy Spirit) will not come” (John 16:7). ·        The gospel reading (John 14:15-21) specifically tel...
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Homily For The 5th Sunday Of Easter, Year A.

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Acts 6:1-7; Psalm 32:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; 1 Peter 2:4-9, John 14:1-12.   “FOLLOW THE WAY!” By: Rev. Fr. Charles Onyeka Ezejide. ·        Today, the church celebrates the fifth Sunday of Easter. This is indeed the day the Lord has made, and we rejoice and are glad in it. Today is a day to be grateful to God for the special gift of life; no wonder the opening verse of the gospel enjoins us: “Do not let your heart be troubled!” ·        Can one find a banana on a mango tree? The answer is definitely No! But sadly enough, many of us look for the right things in the wrong place. We look for joy in places saturated with sadness, we look for peace in places ravaged by war. ·        Today, the Lord Jesus invites us to complete followership because in him is the fullness of redemption. In him is the fullness of Joy and gladness. But the question we must ask ourselves is, whom do we seek? Where do...
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Homily For The 4th Sunday Of Easter, Year A.

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Acts 2:14, 36-41; Psalm 23:1-6; 1 Peter 2:20-25, John 10:1-10.   “THE SHEPHERD AND THE SHEEP!” By: Rev. Fr. Charles Onyeka Ezejide. ·        The 4 th Sunday of Easter is traditionally known as the “Good Shepherd Sunday” or the “Vocations Sunday”. This day is set aside to pray for vocations in the church that God may raise for himself good shepherds for his vineyard because “the harvest is rich, but the labourers are few” (Matt. 9:37). ·        Growing up, there is hardly any child who could not recite Psalm 23 from the beginning to the end without reading from the bible. We prayed it at the assembly ground, we wrote it as tests in schools, and we adopted it as our favourite Psalm, clearly telling the world that Christ is our Shepherd and if the Lord is our Shepherd, there is nothing we shall want. ·        Today, our readings call us to a deeper commitment to the words of that Psa...
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Homily For The 3rd Sunday Of Easter, Year A.

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  Acts 2:14, 22-23; Psalm 15:1-2, 5, 7-11; 1 Peter 1:17-21, Luke 24:13-35. “A LONG WALK TO EMMAUS!” By: Rev. Fr. Charles Onyeka Ezejide. ·        Today, we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter. These are indeed uncertain times. We need a good dose of hope and courage in the word and promises of God. There is nothing that makes our hope and joy possible beyond the Easter experience. The Easter experience assures us that since Christ died and rose again, we have a sure hope for an afterlife despite all odds.        While the news that Christ died and is now risen from the dead filled many with Joy and courage, some others were devastated and decided to return to normal life, return to their former ways. They were unsure if that news was anything to go by. ·        This is the story of the two disciples on their way to Emmaus in the gospel reading. Their names were not given, which means that it ...
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