Catholics among us will discover that today’s gospel reading taken from John 20:19-31 ends with the following sentence: “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written…
“Honesty and fair dealing were pretty much taken for granted in the market. You could price a commodity and then take it out of the seller’s sight to ask the opinion of your friends. An article purchased and found bad…
By Rev. Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) 1) During my 4th year (SS1) as a minor seminarian, I and my cousin and classmate Fr. Elias Chima Unegbu (of blessed memory) decided to spend our Easter holidays together at Owerri with…
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) 1) The story of the coming of Christianity in Arondizuogu began in 1910 with a blind man named Akweke. Akweke’s elder brother who incidentally was the village head learnt about the Iyienu Hospital…
1) The poor Pilate had nothing to gain with the death of Jesus but he had everything to lose if he had decided otherwise in opposition to the will of the people. With one voice the people demanded the death…
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu 1) Do we realise that treason is considered to be the highest offence against the state? This means that the state can pardon a person for every crime but hardly does so when it…
I had wanted to reflect today on how communal meal had also existed in Igbo culture since time immemorial and on how we could build a bridge between the two. I wanted to analyse how meals in Igboland also bonded…
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu While we are preparing for Easter, the feast of the resurrection of Christ, human lives are being wasted all over the place and no one seems to care nor is there any pretension that…
1) The Palm Sunday marks the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem where the people greeted him with palms, which signifies victory. Interestingly, ever before Christian missionaries introduced Palm Sunday celebration amongst us, the importance and significance of the palm tree/fronds…
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) 1) Today is the death anniversary of one of the most famous Catholic bishops of the 20th century. His bravery in the face of political injustice and wickedness singled him out. He became…
