The readings of the day: Ezekiel 18:21-28 Matthew 5:20-26 God’s desire for man is that he be saved. His intention for him is that his situation be ameliorated. But he however wants him to make the first step in response to...
The readings of the day 1st reading: Isaiah 1:10.16-20 Resp. Psalm: Psalm 50:8-9.16b-17:21.23 Gospel Matthew 23:1-12 One of the major and ancient problems of humanity is to distinguish between religiosity and spirituality. The ambiguity that exists between them is without doubt...
The readings of the day Daniel 9: 4b-10 Psalm 79:8.9.11.13 Luke 6:36-38 The two major adjectives that better qualify the Theo-Israelite relationship in the Old Testament could be summarized in maternal and paternal care. The paternal aspect of this relationship made...
The readings of the day : 1st Reading Genesis 12:1-4a, Responsorial Psalm Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 2nd Reading 2Tim 1:8b-10 The theme of this Sunday could be God’s call and man’s response. In the first reading, the author of Genesis...
In one of his best preachings, The Injury time, Pastor Chidi Okoro Afor asked a vital question on religious proliferation. Pastor Chidi, after examining the rate at which religious houses grow, mainly in Nigeria, asked what a sinner could do when...
“I wanted to shoot a politician, but not seeing any of them, I then shot Police officers”, said Luigi Preiti, who yesterday opened fire before an Italian Parliamentary palace. The young Sicilian said he was motivated to do so after losing...
The long awaited Novel of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Americanah, is out. From the tips I have read so far about it, it is not just powerful but full of novelties and humour packed. Chimamanda, as all those who know her...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her normal way, has come up with another topic of great interest. She has thrown up a new debate that might not be welcomed by many, not just because it’s not true but because it’s so true...
The long-awaited Americana is ready to be published on 11th April. From all indications, it will be a bestseller, as the author of The Purple Hibiscus took five years to coin this his newborn baby. It sounds sweet, as that will...
As the debate over according amnesty to the deadly Nigerian Islamist group, The Boko Haram continues to tear apart sections of Nigeria intellectuals, politicians, religious leaders and ethnic groups, a prominent Nigerian, whose franc-speaking and courage has been noted at the...
