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The battle for the Cross was won in the garden.On this Good Friday, we explore the raw humanity of Jesus in Gethsemane. How did He find the strength to surre...

26/10/2025

*WHY WE WORSHIP ON SUNDAY* ,
THE DAY THAT CHANGED HISTORY FOREVER

For centuries, God’s people kept the Sabbath, the seventh day (Saturday), as a day of rest, remembering God’s creation.
But from the earliest days of Christianity, believers began to gather on Sunday instead.

Why? Did the Church “change God’s law”?
No, God Himself fulfilled it, and Sunday became the new day of worship by His own action.

Let’s see how.

✝️ 1. THE SABBATH POINTED TO CREATION, SUNDAY PROCLAIMS NEW CREATION

In the Old Testament, the Sabbath honored God’s rest after creation:

“On the seventh day God finished His work… and rested” (Genesis 2:2–3).

It was a sign of the covenant with Israel (Exodus 31:16–17).

But Jesus brought something greater: a new creation through His death and resurrection.

📖 St. Paul says:

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

The day Jesus rose, Sunday, became the day the new creation began.

Isaiah had even hinted at this: “Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth… from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before me” (Isaiah 66:22–23), now fulfilled in Christ’s eternal Sabbath rest.

✝️ 2. JESUS FULFILLED THE SABBATH

Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:27–28). He did not abolish it, He fulfilled it in Himself.

On the cross, He cried: “It is finished” (John 19:30).
He then rested in the tomb on the Sabbath, mirroring God’s rest after creation.

On the first day of the week, Sunday, He rose, bringing a rest far greater than a single day: eternal communion with God.

✝️ 3. THE RESURRECTION CHANGED EVERYTHING

Every Gospel testifies:

“On the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb… and found the stone rolled away” (Luke 24:1–2; cf. Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:2, John 20:1).

Sunday is the Day of the Lord (Revelation 1:10), the day death was defeated and life without end began.

As St. Ignatius of Antioch (c. A.D. 107) wrote:

“If the Sabbath is the end of the first creation, the Lord’s Day is the beginning of the new creation.”

✝️ 4. THE EARLY CHURCH WORSHIPPED ON SUNDAY

The Bible shows Christians gathering on Sunday:

- “On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread…” (Acts 20:7), the Eucharist.

- “On the first day of every week each of you is to put something aside…” (1 Corinthians 16:2) — Sunday was the day of assembly and offering.

This wasn’t a later invention. It was the apostolic habit from the very start.

✝️ 5. SUNDAY IS THE EIGHTH DAY, THE DAY BEYOND TIME

The Fathers called Sunday the Eighth Day, not just the first of the week, but the day that bursts beyond time.

It is the day of eternity, the foretaste of heaven. On Sunday, we gather not only to remember the resurrection but to enter the eternal rest Christ has won.

✝️ 6. WHY NOT KEEP BOTH?

The New Covenant does not bind us to the old shadows alongside the new reality.

St. Paul warns:

“Let no one pass judgment… with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow… the substance belongs to Christ” (Colossians 2:16–17).

The Sabbath was a shadow, Sunday is the substance.

✝️ 7. SUNDAY IS THE TRUE LORD’S DAY

From the earliest post-apostolic writings:

👉 St. Justin Martyr (A.D. 155):

“On the day called Sunday, all gather together… because it is the first day on which God made the world and Jesus Christ our Savior rose from the dead.” (First Apology, 67)

We worship on Sunday not because man changed God’s law, but because God completed His work in Christ and began a new creation on that day.

✝️ SO:

The Sabbath was the seal of the old creation.
Sunday is the dawn of the new creation.

Every Sunday, we stand in the light of the Resurrection.
Every Sunday, we step into the eternal “eighth day.”
Every Sunday, we proclaim:

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24)

We worship on Sunday, not to break God’s law, but to celebrate its fulfillment in Jesus Christ.

God bless you 🙏

25/10/2025

✝️ EVERY TIME YOU SKIP MASS, THERE’S AN EMPTY CHAIR AT THE LAST SUPPER
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Every Sunday, Jesus sets the table again.
Not in some faraway place, but right there, on your parish altar.

The candles are lit.
The bread and wine are ready.
And your name… is on one of the chairs.

Because the Holy Mass is not just a Church gathering,
it’s a continuation of the Last Supper.
Each time the priest lifts the chalice,
you are invited back to that same Upper Room
where Christ first said,
“This is My Body… This is My Blood.”

And yet…
when you skip Mass, that chair remains empty.
The plate is still there.
The cup still waits.
And Jesus still looks toward the door, hoping you’ll walk in.

He doesn’t need your presence to make the Mass valid,
but He desires it,
because love always longs for the beloved.

At every Mass, heaven gathers,
the angels, the saints, the Blessed Mother,
and they look around the table of the Lamb.
When you’re not there, heaven feels the silence.
Your voice is missing from the hymn.
Your “Amen” is not heard.
And the One who gave His life for you
still whispers,
“Do this in memory of Me.”

The truth is:
the Mass isn’t just an obligation, it’s an invitation.
A personal invitation from Jesus Himself
to sit, to eat, to love, and to remember.

So next Sunday, when the bells ring,
don’t think of it as “going to Mass.”
Think of it as coming home to the table,
where your seat has never stopped waiting.

“Blessed are those invited to the Supper of the Lamb.” (Revelation 19:9)

24/10/2025

One day i threw a stone and accidentally
hit my mother's hen and it died instantly.I
thought I was just alone but surprisingly,
my brother was right behind me watching.
Then he said "give me 2000shs and I wont tell mum"
I said " I dont have but please don't tell
her"
The following day, Mum told him to wash
the plates and sweep the surrounding, but
he said: "Mum, Jacob said he will do it"
Then he came to me and said: Jacob you wash the plates and sweep the surrounding or else, don't forget you killed a hen" Without hesitating, I washed the plates and swept the surrounding for him.
The next day, mum told him to go and fetch water and fill the drum. He said again: "Mum, Jacob said he will do it" Then he came to me and said: "Jacob , you remember that hen?? Fill this drum with water or else...."
That's how i drew water and filled the drum. That same day in the evening, mum sent him to the market to buy rice and again he said: Mum,Jacob said he will go and buy". He came to me again and said: ,don't forget that the hen is still dead, go to the market and buy 2 kilos of rice or else......"
I just stood up and went to my Mum with
tears in my eyes, i found her sitted in the house, I went to her, knelt down and said while crying: "Mum, am so sorry please
forgive me. Am the one who killed your hen but it wasnt deliberately, please Mum forgive me am sorry"
Then she replied: "my son, the day you killed the hen, I was at the window watching everything that happened. Your brother made you his slave because you did not want to come to me to confess and apologize. But now you have done it, you will be free, he will no longer use you"
MORAL: Each time we sin, God sees us and our sins make us slaves, the moment you
confess to God and ask for forgiveness,
you are set free.
O God forgive us all our sins and set us free Amen.

01/10/2025

St. Thérèse of Lisieux - A journey through the Basilica of Lisieux.

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28/09/2025

24/09/2025

Love people while they are still with you. Show compassion when they truly need it.
Flowers on a grave and words after death cannot heal a heart that once longed for love. Let us value, cherish, and support one another today.

24/09/2025

Charlie’s life proclaimed Christ, but his death lifted Christ even higher....

The life of Charlie Kirk was a radiant witness to Christ. He lived with courage, proclaiming the peace and love of Jesus, and even in his death, he glorified the Lord.

For his enemies, his passing was hailed as the end of their opponent. But for the faithful, it was not defeat — it was a celebration of faith. What the world saw as loss became the triumph of Christ shining through his life and death.

A soul that lives fully for Christ does not die in despair — it rises into glory. Charlie’s death became a seed of faith, planted in the hearts of many, a seed that will continue to bear fruit and transform the world.

During his burial and remembrance, every word spoken was not about him, but about Christ. His life and death became one beautiful testimony of love, hope, and unwavering faith. Truly, Charlie was transfigured into Christ.

In the mystery of his passing, Christ was proclaimed more powerfully than even during his lifetime. 🌿✝️
May we, too, live in such a way that in our final breath, the world sees only Christ glorified.

15/09/2025

✨🎶 Students joyfully sing a song of gratitude and respect for their teachers — honoring them as guides, mentors, and second parents who shape their future. 🙏📚