ETERNAL WORD OF LIFE MINISTRY (EWLM)

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. IN OUR WORLD OF TODAY, MANY SPEND THEMSELVES LABOURING FOR THAT WHICH IS TOTALLY TRANSIENT AND TEMPORAL AND IN THE COURSE OF SUCH LABOUR AND PURSUIT HUGE SACRIFICES ARE MADE EVEN WITH GRAVE CONSEQUENCES. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ONLY INCREASE THE SORROW OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE LONG RUN. FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST'S TEACHING, LET'S LEARN TO LABOUR FOR THAT WHICH ENDURES TO ETERNAL...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. NOTHING RUINS A MAN'S LIFE AS NOT HAVING THE RIGHT PRIORITIES. THE PRIORITY OF OUR EXISTENCE IS TO BE AT THE SERVICE OF THE WORD AND SACRAMENTS RATHER THAN OF FOOD. DON'T MORTGAGEE THE GLORY OF THE FUTURE FOR THE PLEASURE OF TODAY'S FOOD. Kindly listen to today's episode of my podcast for details of today's homily.                                                           ...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. GOD CARES FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY NEED HELP THE MOST. GOD'S PLAN FOR BECOMING INCARNATED IN CHRIST JESUS IS TO BRING ABOUT THE ALL-ROUND REDEMPTION OF THE HUMAN PERSON AND AS SUCH EVERY DIMENSION OF THE HUMAN PERSON BECOMES GOD'S PRIORITY. IT'S THIS CARE FOR HUMANITY THAT'S AT THE BASE OF ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF ALL HUMAN ENDEAVOURS THAT ARE EXPRESSION O...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. OBEDIENCE TO GOD STANDS SUPREME AND AS SUCH COMES FIRST IN THE LIFE OF THE CHRISTIAN. THIS OBVIOUSLY COMES AT A COST AND DEFINITELY HAS CONSEQUENCES. HOWEVER, IT REMAINS FOREVER THE MARK OF AUTHENTIC CHRISTIANITY. TO BE A TRUE CHRISTIAN YOU MUST ALWAYS OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN AND EVERYTHING OPPOSED TO GOD'S WILL INCLUDING THE SELF. Kindly listen to today's episode of my p...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE SENT NOT JUST HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON BUT YOU AND I THAT THROUGH US MANY MIGHT BE SAVED. LIKE JESUS CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES, WE MUST LIVE ALWAYS IN THE LIGHT OF THIS FACT; THAT WE'RE AGENTS OF GOD'S SALVATION TO OTHERS AND EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE MUST BE DONE TO BRING THIS SALVATION TO ALL. Kindly listen to today's episode of my podcast for...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. IN HIS EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPIANS (2:5), ST PAUL TELLS US THAT THIS MIND MUST BE IN US AS IT IS IN CHRIST JESUS... JESUS CHRIST TELLS US THAT BEING BORN AGAIN IS AN IMPERATIVE ASPECT OF OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE; A LIFE THAT DEMANDS OF US TO BE 'LIFTED UP' FROM BEING DOMINATED BY THE MUNDANE DIMENSION OF THE UNIVERSE TO SHARING IN THE DIVINE LIFE OF GOD TO EXTENT THAT EVERYTHING A...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. THE HISTORY OF HUMAN SALVATION REVEALS THAT GOD ATTEMPTED DIFFERENT GESTURRS IN VARIOUS EPOCHS TO EFFECT HUMAN SALVATION BUT IN ITS FINALITY BROUGHT ABOUT HUMAN SALVATION THROUGH THE INCARNATION, DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. MARY'S ACCEPTANCE TO CARRY OUT THE WILL OF GOD WITH REFERENCE TO THE INCARNATION MARKS THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN SALVATION. TODAY, WE'RE INVIT...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST JESUS AND CHRISTIAN LIVING DEMANDS OF US UNRESERVED OBEDIENCE TO GOD. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE DESIRE OF MANY OR ALL CHRISTIANS, THERE ARE ALWAYS OBSTICLES AND FORCES THAT CHALLENGE OUR CONSISTENT OBEDIENCE TO GOD. WE MUST ALWAYS STAND RESOLUTE IN OBEYING GOD AND DOING HIS WILL ABOVE ALL, AT ALL TIMES AND IN ALL THINGS. For our NINE-DAY-BE...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. THE CALL TO FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST IS NO DOUBT AN INVITATION TO SHARE IN THE LIFE OF GOD AND AS SUCH PROMISES ALL FORMS OF BLESSINGS. IT'S NEVERTHELESS A CALL THAT COMES AT A PRICE. WE MUST THEREFORE, JUST LIKE JESUS CHRIST, BE PREPARED TO PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE OF OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DISCIPLESHIP WHENEVER THE NEED ARISES. THERE IS NO TRUE AND LASTING CROWN WITHOUT SHARIN...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. FOLLOWING HIS RESURRECTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPEARANCES TO HIS DISCIPLES JESUS CHRIST COMMISSIONS US TO BEAR WITNESS TO HIM BY PREACHING REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS TO ALL. THIS MISSION DEMANDS OF US TO PERCEIVE AND PRESENT GOD AS BEING AT THE EPICENTRE OF HUMAN HISTORY AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES. WE'RE ALL AT THE SERVICE OF GOD AND HIS KINGDOM. For our NINE-DAY-BEGINNING O...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. JESUS CHRIST IS THE SOURCE OF ALL WEALTH. IN FACT, HE'S THE ONLY WEALTH THAT NEVER FAILS NO GETS EXHAUSTED. HAVING JESUS AT THE CENTRE OF ONE'S LIFE IS A GUARANTEE OF HAVING ALL OF ONE'S NEEDS TAKEN CARE OF. For our NINE-DAY-BEGINNING OF THE MONTH INTENSIVE PRAYERS AND NOVENA kindly pray your daily Rosary with Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 6:7-13; Acts 4:31; Psalms 2, 83 and 110...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. HAVEN SEEN THE VANITY OF THE LIFE OF SIN AND THE GLORY OF THE LIFE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WE'RE INVITED TODAY TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM THIS CROOCKED AND SIN-DRIVEN GENERATION. WE NEED THE HOLY TO HAVE THE PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE AND HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THEM WITHOUT UNDERMINDING OUR INTEGRAL AND HOLISTIC SALVATION. For ou...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. THOUGH THOSE WHO SINCERELY SERVE GOD MAY AND OFTEN GO THROUGH TRYING AND CHALLENGING MOMENTS IN LIFE, THEY ARE NEVER ABANDONED BY GOD. IN FACT, THROUGH THEIR PERSERVRANCE GOD LEADS THEM TO VICTORY. THIS IS THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST AND OUR ANCESTORS IN FAITH. THIS TOO WILL ALWAYS BE OUR TESTIMONY AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE IN DOING GOD'S WILL. For our NINE-DAY...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. JESUS CHRIST IS NOT IN THE GRAVE. HE HAS RISEN. THE GRAVE, THE FORCES OF NATURE AND POWERS OF THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS COULD NOT HOLD HIM CAPTIVE. THIS IS BECAUSE, AS GOD, HE'S THE LORD AND MASTER OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. BY HIS RESURRECTION HE SETS FREE ALL WHO ARE UNDER THE BONDAGE OF SIN AND SUFFER FROM ANY FORM OF YOKE, MISFORTUNE AND AFFLICTION. THROUGH HIS RESURRECTION...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. ON THIS DAY WE CELEBRATE OUR GOD WHO ASSUMED OUR HUMAN NATURE AT THE INCARNATION OF JESUS CHRIST TO SUFFER HIS PASSION AND UNDERGO THE SHAMELFUL DEATH OF THE CROSS IN ORDER TO SAVE HUMANITY. HIS DEATH CARRIES THE CAPACITY TO CANCEL OUT THE SINS OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE AND SO HE DIED ONCE FOR ALL. IN HIS DEATH THEREFORE DEATH, SIN, DARKNESS AND MYSERY ARE MADE A PUBLIC SHO...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. THE CHRISTIAN CALL IS A CALL TO SERVICE; A SERVICE THAT'S IMMERSED IN SACRIFICE, DRIVEN BY SACRIFICE AND SUSTAINABLE IN SACRIFICE. HENCE, THE VEHICLE AND LIFE WIRE OF THIS CHRISTOCENTRIC SERVICE IS CHARITY. LET'S GO ALL OUT TODAY AND ALWAYS TO SERVE IN THE SPIRIT AND STYLE OF JESUS CHRIST BY HUMBLY WASHING THE FEET OF ALL AND BRINGING THEM TO SHARE IN THE NEW AND EVERLASTI...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. JESUS CHRIST WAS CONSPIRED AGAINST AND BETRAYED YET HE WAS NEITHER DISGRACED NOR PUT TO SHAME FOR GOD THE FATHER IS WITH HIM TO VINDICATE AND GLORIFY HIM. THOSE WHO TRULY DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO GOD IN OBEYING THE WILL OF GOD AGAINST ALL ODDS ARE CERTAINLY NEVER PUT TO SHAME BUT SHARE IN THE FULLNESS OF GOD'S GLORY FOR GOD IS EVER WITH THEM. THOUGH YOU MAY BE BETRAYED, YOU'...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. EVERY HUMAN PERSON IS CREATED AND CALLED BY GOD TO A SPECIFIC MISSION AND PURPOSE IN LIFE. THE ULTIMATE END OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CALLS IS THE GLORIFICATION OF GOD AND THE SALVATION OF THE UNIVERSE. IT'S IN THIS SINGULAR PURPOSEFUL LIFE THAT WE'RE GLORIFIED FOR OUR GLORY IS NOT A FUNCTION OF OUR SUCCESSES BUT OF OUR FAITHFULNESS TO OUR CALL. Kindly listen to today's episode of...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. CONVENTIONALLY, WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE PRECIOUS GIFTS, THEY TRY TO RETURN THE FAVOUR IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. JESUS CHRIST HAS OFFERED HIMSELF FOR OUR SALVATION AND REDEMPTION. IT'S ONLY PROPER THAT WE GIVE HIM OUR BEST IN RETURN. TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST WEEK OF LENT. WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN UP FOR JESUS AND HOW PRECIOUS/HOW EXPENSIVE IS IT TO YOU? Kindly listen to to...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. IN THE MIDST OF CHALLENGES, HARDSHIP, TRIALS AND ADVERSITIES IT'S QUITE EASY TO LOSE OR ABANDON ONE'S FAITH IN THE QUEST FOR QUICK SOLUTIONS JUST AS EXCESSIVE WEALTH, COMFORT, POWER, FAME, UNGAURDED AMBITIONS AND ONE'S ACHIEVEMENTS CAN LEAD ONE TO LOSING SIGHT OF THE PLACE OF GOD IN ONE'S LIFE. IN ALL THESE HOWEVER, WE'RE CONSTANTLY ENCOURAGED TO KEEP THE FAITH IN ALL THIN...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE THE COVENANTAL CHILDREN OF GOD. BEYOND THIS FACT HOWEVER, WE MUST SINCERELY AND PERSISTENTLY WORK TO KEEP THIS COVENANT. THIS IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES US AS GOD'S CHILDREN. Kindly listen to today's episode of my podcast for details of today's homily.                                                                                                 Please follow,...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. IT IS SAID THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. JESUS TELLS US TODAY THAT YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE. KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH LEADS YOU INTO THE LIFE OF TRUTH OR RATHER THE LIFE LIVED IN THE TRUTH AND BY THIS FACT THE TRUTH WHO IS THE SOURCE OF TRUE FREEDOM MAKES YOU FREE. TO ENJOY THE FULLNESS OF FREEDOM AND PEACE KNOW THE TRUTH JESUS CHRIST AND LIVE IN H...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. JOSEPH PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT AND INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN SALVATION BEING THE EARTHLY FATHER OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE HUMAN HEAD OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH. HE WAS FAITHFUL IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS JESUS AND MARY. GOD INVITES US TODAY TO IMITATE ST. JOSEPH IN THIS REGARD. Kindly listen to today's episode of...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. THE HUMAN SENSES ARE VERY ESSENTIAL AND QUITE INDISPENSABLE FOR HUMAN EXISTENCE. NEVERTHELESS, THE TOTAL TRUST IN AND SOLE DEPENDENCE ON THE SENSES CAN BE MISLEADING BECAUSE THEY ARE LIMITED. THE USE OF THE SENSES MUST BE AIDED THROUGH THE ACT OF DISCERNMENT IN ORDER TO MSKE THE RIGHT CHOICES AND DECISIONS IN LIFE. Kindly listen to today's episode of my podcast for details...

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. JESUS CHRIST IS "DIFFERENT THINGS' TO "DIFFERENT PEOPLE" DEPENDING ON THE STANDPOINT FROM WHICH EACH CHOOSES TO EXPERIENCE HIM. HE WAS FEARED BY THE POWERFUL AND SCORNED BY THE PROUD. YET HE WAS WELCOMED WITH JOY BY THE POOR AND EMBRACED BY THE MEEK AND HUMBLE. ONLY A SINCERELY SIMPLE HEART AND TOTAL DOCILITY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN AID US TO HAVE THE TRUE EXPERIENCE OF WHO...