Lent Year A- Fifth Sunday- we are Lazarus, Jesus gives everyone of us fullness of life whatever our rot, when we receive Him into our lives. Ez 37:12-14, Ps 130, Rom 8:8-11, Jn 11:25-26, Jn 11:1-45By Dc. Francis Mangeni MessageWhen Jesus raised the decomposing Lazarus back to life, He showed us for our sakethat He…
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Lent Year A-II Day 32 – Again, Who Do You Say Jesus Is?Jer 11:18-20, Ps 7, Lk 8:15, Jn 7:40-52By Dc. Francis Mangeni Message The Gospels are testimony for us today, so that we may believe that Jesus is God the Son, and have life in His name, that fullness of life that only He…
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This Lent Year A – Fourth Sunday – Jesus our Light Heals the Man Born Blind(1 Sam 16:1-13, Ps 23, Eph 5:8-14, Jn 8:12, Jn 9:1-41) By Dc. Francis Mangeni Our faculty of sight is for seeing God in everything. We in turn become light in the world, leading others to God. When we become…
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Lent Year-A II Day 25 – Have mercy on me, a sinnerHosea 1:1-6, Ps 51, Ps 95:8, Lk 18:9-14 By Dc. Francis Mangeni Luke 18 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they wererighteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray,one…
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Lent Year-A II Day 25 – Have mercy on me, a sinner Hosea 1:1-6, Ps 51, Ps 95:8, Lk 18:9-14 By Dc. Francis Mangeni Luke 18 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they wererighteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to…
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Lent Year A-II Day 24 – Love God and Neighbour and Love one another Hosea 14:2-10, Ps 81, Mt 4:17, Mk 12:28-34 By Dc. Francis Mangeni Mk 12 28 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, andseeing that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the…
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Lent Year A-II Day 23 – The Kingdom of God is a present reality Jer 7:23-28, Ps 95, Joel 2:12-13, Lk 11:14-23 By Dc. Francis Mangeni Luke 11 14 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had goneout, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were…
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Jesus is God’s Law and is the Wisdom of Life Dt 4:1,5-9; Ps 147; Jn 6:63,68; Mt 5:17-19 By Dc. Francis Mangeni Mt 5 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have comenot to abolish but to fulfil.18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and…
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How Do We Reject Jesus? 2 Kgs 5:1-15, Ps 42, Ps 130:5,7, Lk 4:24-30 By Dc. Francis Mangeni Luke 4 24 And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’shometown. 25But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah,when the heaven was shut up…
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By Dc. Francis Mangeni Mt 18 21 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church[g]sinsagainst me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him,“Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant23 “For this reason the kingdom…
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