2nd Sunday Advent – Fr. Innocent Abonyi's pastoral Diary

2nd Sunday, Advent, Year C

The first reading today is from the prophet Baruch. This book is not considered by the Hebrews to be part of their Bible. It is instead, considered as an apocryphal literature. Apocryphal books or literature […]

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4th Sunday of Advent, Year C

Our mother church can never celebrate the role of Mary in the life and mission of Christ enough. In today’s liturgy of the word, God demonstrats through David and Mary that human beings can and […]

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3rd Sunday of Advent, Year A

Introduction: There is a clear note of rejoicing in today’s mass. Today is known as ‘Gaudete Sunday’. The word ‘Gaudete’ means rejoice. Today is otherwise known as the “Rose Sunday”. The basis for the rose and […]

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6th Sunday of Easter, Year C

Jesus said to his disciples, ‘peace I leave with you, my own peace I give you.’ We can’t give peace to others if we don’t have it ourselves. Jesus was able to give peace to […]

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Baptism of the Lord, Year A

Today we celebrate the fact that Jesus, God’s own Son, has come into our world as one of us, associated with sinners and has been baptized by one of his creatures. When we see people make […]

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The idea of a Good Shepherd

Introduction: In this article, I hope to explore the Shepherd model of leadership as portrayed by the shepherd metaphor and this comes from my perspective as a catholic priest who by his calling is a Shepherd. […]