Author: Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke
Human, son, brother, friend, Igbo, Christian, Catholic, priest, theologian and citizen.
#SV – Faith as Obedience
Brothers and sisters:Faith is the realization of what is hoped forand evidence of things not seen. Because of it the ancients were well attested. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a placethat he was to receive as an inheritance;he went out, not knowing where he was to go. By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country,dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise;for he was looking forward to the city with foundations,whose architect and maker is God. By faith he received power to generate,even though he was past … Continue reading #SV – Faith as Obedience
#SV – There’s More
The gospel of vanity is the one that builds castles upon sands. It is the one that rolls in primitive acquisition. It is the life that has no space for suffering humanity. It is marked by a superlative selfishness that centers everything on the self. For vanity lifestyle, it’s only about glitz and glamour. Money-making is for money sake. Power and wealth are for status sake. Nothing else matters. The common good project can go to blazes. The idea of collective prosperity is unwelcome. God is unnecessary. And the poor does not exist. The signpost of existential meaning is shifted, … Continue reading #SV – There’s More
#SV – Intercession
The second reading presents us with an example of the ultimate intercession which Christ wrought for us sinners. If we have received so much love, kindness, and life from God, why then are we always too quick to condemn others. We are too quick to divide between the righteous and sinners, between the conservatives and the liberals, between the holy and the damned that we fail to see any good in one another. “Brothers and sisters:You were buried with him in baptism,in which you were also raised with himthrough faith in the power of God,who raised him from the dead. And … Continue reading #SV – Intercession
#SV – Oh Sister Mary!
Love makes us loose the track of time We forget even to feed For love becomes our food The presence of the beloved overwhelms us We want to dwell We feed our souls We act from deep understanding For we reaped from love Continue reading #SV – Oh Sister Mary!
#SV – No big deal?
“Go and do likewise” says Jesus Go and become the next Good Samaritan Go and be a helper to your neighbour Go and bandage the wounded Go and get a place of rest for the homeless Go and be a healer of injury Go and be a restorer of hope for the hopeless Go and love one another Go and live out the commandments of God Continue reading #SV – No big deal?
Alongside One Another 