- MY QUOTES FOR THE WEEK.
- Fear is important, for suicide is different from martyrdom. Tobe Eze.
- 2. Looking is different from seeing, see before you place conclusion. Tobe Eze.
- 3. Fat body is never fat courage. Tobe Eze.
- 4. Before you deny one meat, check if he has teeth, for you may be doing him good in the name of evil. Tobe Eze.
- 5. The Lord is good is more effective when you are in the company of good people. Tobe Eze.
- 6. When you see a beautiful lady both in character and stature, you will know that nature can create. Tobe Eze.
- 7. It is not all that good to marry an ugly man but more dangerous to marry a handsome man. Tobe Eze.
- 8. Misinterpretation can kill, understand before interpreting. Tobe Eze.
- 9. Men are jealous but women live it as their lives. Tobe Eze.
- 10. One minute is too small but does a mighty thing. Tobe Eze.
DAN~HILL'S HOMILIES, COMMENTARIES, REFLECTIONS, MOTIVATIONAL ARTICLES AND OTHER HELPING ARTICLES.
Thursday 15 February 2018
MY QUOTES FOR THE WEEK. By. Tobe Eze.
Saturday 10 February 2018
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
FIRST READING
Leviticus 13:1—2, 44—46
SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1
1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1
GOSPEL
Mark 1:40—45
Mark 1:40—45
THEME:
THE CHURCH IS RIGHT AND HOLY.
During
the time we had Ebola saga, some left the Catholic Church for they said they have
committed abomination for asking the faithful to be receiving Holy Communion
with hands. Some wanted to leave but they did not summon the courage to do
that. Some stopped receiving communion till the period passed. Some were
receiving it grudgingly. All these are the groups that said Church should not
do such thing, that Church has lost her faith in Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament. The Church is always wise and will continue to be right for Christ
is always with his Church.
The
LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "If someone has on his skin a scab or
pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought
to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests among his descendants. If the
man is leprous and unclean, the priest shall declare him unclean by reason of
the sore on his head. It is the work of the priest to declare one
unclean. These days, when a priest declares one unclean, instead of working
towards making him/herself clean, the person will turn against the Church
especially the priest that declared him/her unclean. Continue Reading..........................
Monday 5 February 2018
MY QUOTES FOR THE WEEK. By Tobe Eze
- MY QUOTES FOR THE WEEK.
- Small stature is never small value. That is, small body is not small knowledge or does not make man small. Tobe Eze.
- 2. Attention reduces attention. Tobe Eze.
- 3. Till death do us apart is not tomorrow, be careful on choosing. Tobe Eze.
- 4. Our “I Do” has many implications, think well before you say it. Tobe Eze.
- 5. Gentleness of the body is not gentleness of the heart, make them to be one. Tobe Eze.
- 6. Recognize your present needs and it will help you to know your future needs and prepare for them. Tobe Eze.
- 7. Slavery from within is the worst slavery on earth. Tobe Eze.
- 8. On your marks, is for those who are out for the game. Tobe Eze.
- 9. Allocation brings responsibility or culpability. Tobe Eze.
- 10. Prayer without concentration is like cultivation without plantation. Tobe Eze.
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B. By Tobe Eze
FIRST READING
Job 7:1—4, 6—7
Job 7:1—4, 6—7
SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 9:16—19, 22—23
1 Corinthians 9:16—19, 22—23
GOSPEL
Mark 1:29—39
Mark 1:29—39
THEME:
GOD'S PERMISSIVE WILL, OUR FREE WILL AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD.
When
one looks at the first reading, tracing it back to the time the devil got permission
from God to try Job, one may ask. Why should God allow such to happen to one
who is faithful to him? There are many examples in the Bible especially in the
Gospel where story of sicknesses were told for the glory of God. After sees all
these things we may ask, does God glory in the sufferings of his people?
It
is not that God glories in the sufferings of his people but sometimes he allows
some certain things to come our ways to solidify our faith in him. Our
faith should be tested as gold is being tested in the fire to purify it (1Peter
1:7). It is through some of
these things that God’s many more blessings come our ways. Think of Abraham,
after his faith had been tested, from that mountain the Lord started providing
for him, Joseph after being tested, he started enjoying the blessings of the
Lord with his family which the test came through. Job that we talk about today,
after the testing, he latter enjoyed the riches of the Lord. Some of our trails
are for us to see the glory of God around us. The man born blind that Jesus
healed, he said that neither his sins nor his parents sins but for the glory of
God to be revealed to him and others (John 9:3). When we receive some certain
favours from God, they make us to acknowledge him the more. God permits in
other to help us to trust him the more. It was Leibniz who on the account of
explaining physical evil said that, they normally lead to good things, and
sickness is one of them. Continue Reading....................
Monday 29 January 2018
My Quotes for the Week. By Tobe Eze
- MY QUOTES.
- 1. When things want to turn around for you, the place, state and people you are with matter a lot. Mind the place, state and people you go, are and stay with. Tobe Eze.
- 2. Appearance can be deceiving, go for the reality. Tobe Eze.
- 3. In everyday, try to drop one bad thing in your life and pick one good thing. It helps in building oneself. Tobe Eze.
- 4. Move in this world as the eagle moves in the air when the wind blow against it. Enjoy it for it must rest and it is just matter of time. Tobe Eze.
- 5. Even if there is no reason for you to be happy, be happy for it is necessary. Tobe Eze.
- 6. Growing old is not growing up, try to join the two. Grow old and equally grow up. Tobe Eze.
- 7. If you follow all that you see, you will be eaten by all that you see. Tobe Eze.
- 8. All men are the same always follows a bad experience with a man. Tobe Eze.
- 9. Underline the bad, work towards eradicating it. If you leave it open, you may eradicate both good with it. Tobe Eze.
- 10. If we are to take life as an examination hall where we are faced face to face with the invigilator, we will not cheat. We will not sin. Tobe Eze.
Saturday 27 January 2018
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B. By Tobe Eze
FIRST READING
Deuteronomy 18:15—20
Deuteronomy 18:15—20
SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 7:32—35
1 Corinthians 7:32—35
GOSPEL
Mark 1:21—28
Mark 1:21—28
THEME:
IMITATION FOR GOOD
Be
imitators of me as I am an imitator of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1).
Words of St. Paul. There is this saying that, “imitation is limitation”. My
question now is, one who imitates Christ, is the one having any limitation?
Christ himself is a perfection and imitating him is imitating perfection. What may
be the limitation we may have in imitating him?
The
first reading points to the Messiah who is to come. Moses was telling the
Israelites the type of prophet and saviour that God will be sending them, the
one that will rule them forever. The Gospel is the pure practical example and
the blueprint of what the prophet is. Jesus live a celibate and chaste life and
also, when praises came to him, he shunned it for he knew that the glory that
will come at last will be more than that one that was coming from the evil
spirit. And the second reading tells us to imitate the ways of the Messiah. In
the verse one of the 1Corinthians 7, St. Paul started it will these words, “it
is better to remain single but due to the immortality in the world, one man,
one wife”. Continue Reading.................................
Sunday 21 January 2018
4th Sunday of Advent Year B. By Tobe Eze
First Reading:
2Samuel 7:1-5. 8b-12. 14a. 16
Second Reading:
Romans 16:25-27
Gospel:
Luke 1:26-38
THEME: THE DISPOSITION TOWARDS
GOD.
Let it be done unto me according
to your words, are no more our words as Christians rather, let
it be done unto me according to my mind.
In one of my pastoral
experiences, I met one woman whom her daughter was seriously sick. She was praying
and shouting unto God for his will to be done on her daughter’s life. When I reached
the house, the daughter was doing like one who is dying. At that point the
woman shouted, “God if this is your will on my daughter, please let the cup
pass by, she will not drink it”. I rushed the child to nearby hospital. After recovering,
I went back and asked the woman why the changing of the intention. You should
have continued with the first one. She said that Jesus himself asked his father
to take away the cup from him and two that she did not want her daughter to
die. Our major problem sometimes is to be able to recognize and listen to God. Continue Reading................................
Saturday 20 January 2018
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B. By Tobe Eze
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B.
FIRST READING
Jonah 3:1—5, 10
Jonah 3:1—5, 10
SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 7:29—31
1 Corinthians 7:29—31
GOSPEL
Mark 1:14—20
Mark 1:14—20
THEME: WE CAN STILL LEAVE THEM.
A
man entered a local hotel, he asked the people serving to serve him swallow
(foo foo). They asked him the type of soup he will like to take. He threw back
question of what type of soup do they have. They mentioned all they had and he
told them to give him small ogbono, small egusi, small oha, small nsala and so on.
He was asked to choose one among all of them and he said, “I cannot leave any
of them”. Why this story? We sometimes behave like this man in many ways and
may things we do here on earth. Continue Reading.......................
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B. By Tobe Eze
FIRST READING
1 Samuel 3:3b—10, 19
1 Samuel 3:3b—10, 19
SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 6:13c—15a, 17—20
1 Corinthians 6:13c—15a, 17—20
GOSPEL
John 1:35—42
John 1:35—42
THEME:
HERE I AM, I HAVE COME TO SEE.
A
certain woman went to a certain priest and explained to him about his spiritual
dryness, after admonitions and prayers, the priest advised the woman try to
listen to God while praying not always expecting God to listen. He told her to
listen to God to hear from him, the priest gave her example with today’s first
reading. The woman went inside the chapel stayed from morning till night
waiting for the Lord to call her just like Samuel. She stayed there till the
Fada's boy came to lock the chapel. She refused going that she must hear from
God before going. Another man who had never agreed that the Lord has ever done
anything good for him. He was advised by a priest to see God and his goodness
to him in his life. The man asked the priest how? And he used today’s Gospel
reading as an example to him. The man went home, he went and sat beside one Mr.
John in his town who was a drunkard waiting for him to tell him, behold the Lamb
of God. continue Reading..................
New Year Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Year B By Tobe Eze
FIRST READING
Numbers 6:22—27
Numbers 6:22—27
SECOND READING
Galatians 4:4—7
Galatians 4:4—7
GOSPEL
Luke 2:16—21
Luke 2:16—21
THEME: SO SOON.
Just like yesterday and a year is gone. Praise be to our
Lord Jesus Christ both now and forever more. Amen. Otito diri Jesu. Na ndu
ebebe. Glory to God. Honour to Mary.
When
I was small, in 2004, I was in the kitchen with my elder sister on 15th
January. We were singing with 15th January 2004. At a point she asked me where
will I be in 2014 and I shouted kpaoooo! Too far. But now, 2014 has long ago
passed. It is a thing of joy. Years are now running so fast, and all are to the
glory of God. It is not by our power or our might but through his merciful love
and care. Chukwu dalu. Keep us forever in your side both in this passing world
and the everlasting one coming. Continue Reading..........................................
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