CCRN OAU Alumni Advent Reflections – Day 6 (5th December 2025) 1st Rdn: Isaiah 29:17-24Psalm 27(26): 1,4,13-14Gos: Matthew 9: 27- 31 There is one thing I ask of the LORD, only this do I seek : to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty […]
CCRN OAU Alumni Advent Reflections – Day 5 (4th December 2025) 1st Rdn: Isaiah 26:1-6Psalm 118:1,8-9,19-21,25-27Gos: Matthew 7:21,24-27 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘It is not those who say to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven. Matt 7:21 There […]
CCRN OAU Alumni – Advent Reflections Day 4 (3rd December 2025). 1st Rdn: Isaiah 25:6-10Psalm 23Gos: Matthew 15:29-37 In the two readings and the Psalm, we see God attending to his people by himself. He prepares the “banquet of rich food”, “fine strained wines”; he wipes tears, heals and provides for them. Such is the […]
CCRN OAU ALUMNI ADVENT REFLECTIONS – Day 3 (2nd December 2025) 1st Rdn: Isaiah 11:1-10Ps 72:1-2.7-8.12-13.17(R.7)Gos: Luke 10:21-24 “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.” Isaiah 11:6 The verse […]
Advent Reflections Day 2 ( 1st December 2025) First Reading: Is 4:2-6Psalm – Ps 122Gospel: Matt 8:5-11 As we begin the first week of Advent, we recall the goal of the season; to welcome Jesus (again) into our lives. In the Gospel reading, the centurion asks Jesus’s help for his servant’s healing, and when Jesus […]
First Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-2,4-5,5-7,8-9Second Reading: Romans 13:11-14aGospel: Matthew 24:37-44 Theme: Pilgrims of Hope As Christians, it is imperative that we avoid attachment to worldly things. Jesus reminds us that although we are in the world, we are not of the world (John 14-16). To overcome the world’s allurements, attractions, beauty, and deceptions, we […]
