Father Lawrence Obilor https://www.acatholic.org/author/fatherobilor/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Sun, 21 Nov 2021 03:25:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.acatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/Bible-and-Chalice-on-Altar-54b0b9a0v1_site_icon-1-325x300.jpg Father Lawrence Obilor https://www.acatholic.org/author/fatherobilor/ 32 32 47025763 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, November 21, 2021-“He reigns forever” https://www.acatholic.org/34th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-21-2021-he-reigns-forever/ https://www.acatholic.org/34th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-21-2021-he-reigns-forever/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2021 17:49:30 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=73291 HIS ROYAL MAJESTY KING JESUS 1What type of king is Jesus? The book of revelation calls him “the King of kings and the Lord of [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/34th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-21-2021-he-reigns-forever/feed/ 7 73291 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, November 14, 2021-“The parousia. A call for readiness” https://www.acatholic.org/33rd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-14-2021-the-parousia-a-call-for-readiness/ https://www.acatholic.org/33rd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-14-2021-the-parousia-a-call-for-readiness/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2021 16:37:33 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=73265 INTRODUCTIONNext Sunday is the Thirty-fourth as well as the last Sunday in the Church’s liturgical Cycle B when we will celebrate the Feast of Christ [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/33rd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-14-2021-the-parousia-a-call-for-readiness/feed/ 10 73265 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, November 7, 2021-“Giving my all” https://www.acatholic.org/32nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-7-2021-giving-everything/ https://www.acatholic.org/32nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-7-2021-giving-everything/#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2021 17:26:11 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=73230 INTRODUCTIONThe first reading and the Gospel today present poor widows who sacrificially gave their whole lives and means of livelihood to God, foreshadowing the supreme [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/32nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-november-7-2021-giving-everything/feed/ 8 73230 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, October 31, 2021-“Shema! The path to life” https://www.acatholic.org/31st-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-october-31-2021-shema-the-path-to-life/ https://www.acatholic.org/31st-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-october-31-2021-shema-the-path-to-life/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:01:37 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=73212 INTRODUCTIONThe central message of today’s readings is the most fundamental principle of all religions, especially Christianity. It is to love God in Himself and living [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/31st-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-october-31-2021-shema-the-path-to-life/feed/ 10 73212 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, September 24, 2021-“The God of Restoration” https://www.acatholic.org/30th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-september-24-2021-the-god-of-restoration/ https://www.acatholic.org/30th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-september-24-2021-the-god-of-restoration/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:12:05 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=73189 INTRODUCTION:The ancient Israelites suffered in exile as a result of their spiritual blindness and deaf ear to the oracles of the Yahweh. Bartimaeus in the [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/30th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-september-24-2021-the-god-of-restoration/feed/ 9 73189 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, October 17, 2021-“”Earn Greatness Through a Sacrificial Service: Jesus Our Model of Leadership” https://www.acatholic.org/29th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-october-17-2021-earn-greatness-through-a-sacrificial-service-jesus-our-model-of-leadership/ https://www.acatholic.org/29th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-october-17-2021-earn-greatness-through-a-sacrificial-service-jesus-our-model-of-leadership/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:02:28 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=73164 INTRODUCTION1.The world is increasing in religious affiliations yet it is decreasing massively in prophetic / evangelical witnessing. The devil has devised a means of making [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/29th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-october-17-2021-earn-greatness-through-a-sacrificial-service-jesus-our-model-of-leadership/feed/ 7 73164 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, September 10, 2021-“The Danger of Possessions” https://www.acatholic.org/28th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-september-10-2021-the-danger-of-possessions/ https://www.acatholic.org/28th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-september-10-2021-the-danger-of-possessions/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2021 16:44:13 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=73137 INTRODUCTION What is our idol? What is our wealth? What is it that we cannot let go? What are the things possessing us such that [...]

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]]> https://www.acatholic.org/28th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-september-10-2021-the-danger-of-possessions/feed/ 6 73137 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, September 3, 2021-“Divorce as a defeat to God’s original plan on Marriage” https://www.acatholic.org/27th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-september-3-2021-divorce-as-a-defeat-to-gods-original-plan-on-marriage/ https://www.acatholic.org/27th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-september-3-2021-divorce-as-a-defeat-to-gods-original-plan-on-marriage/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2021 17:02:32 +0000 https://www.acatholic.org/?p=73110 ANECDOTE:A bishop once visited a parish for confirmation, and during the homily he spotted one of the candidates to be confirmed and asked her: “What [...]

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