Advent Reflections – Day 15 (14 DECEMBER 2025) First Reading: Isaiah 35: 1-6a, 10Psalm146: 6-7, 8-9a, 9bc-10Second Reading: James 5: 7-10Gospel: Matthew 11: 2-11 “Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you – Isa 35:4.” In a […]
Advent Reflections – Day 19 (18th December 2025) First reading: Jer 23:5-8Psalm 72: 1-2, 12-13, 18-19 (R. see 7)Gospel: Matthew 1:18-24 The first reading of today reveals a name of God that is essential to our identity as Christians; The LORD Our Righteousness(Jehovah-Tsidkenu). That God—having decided that the most righteous we can be, is equivalent […]
Advent Reflections – Day 20 (19TH December 2025) First reading : Judges 13:2-7, 24-25aPsalm 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17Gospel: Luke 1:5-25 The two readings are very similar and they portray the responses we give to God, which is reflected through our faith. In the first reading, an angel (even though the woman referred to him as a […]
Advent Reflections – Day 21 (20th December 2025) First reading: Isaiah 7:10-14Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 (R.7c, 10b)Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 In our lives, we often face situations that feel beyond our control, illness, loss, uncertainties, and dreams that seem out of reach. Like Ahaz, Mary, and the people of Israel, we are called to trust in […]
Advent Reflections Day 23 (22nd December, 2025) First reading: 1 Samuel 1:24-28;Psalm: 1 Samuel 2:1,4-5,6-7,8abcd (R. see 1a);Gospel: Luke 1:46-56 Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, as we bask in the joyful mysteries of Christmas; the celebration of the manifest presence of God in man, be reminded that we must offer ourselves as a […]
Advent Reflections – Day 24 (23rd December 2025) First reading: Malachi 3:1-4; 4:5-6)Psalm: 25:4-5ab.8-9.10 and 14 (R. see Luke 21:28)Gospel: Luke 1:57-66 “But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?” (Mal 3:2) As we approach the climax of the advent season, the first reading shifts our focus […]
Advent Reflection Day 18 (17th December 2025) First reading: Genesis 49:2,8-10Psalm 71:1-4,7-8,17Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17 Jesus is the fulfillment of prophecies. The genealogy of Jesus Christ in today’s Gospel is carefully arranged into three groups of fourteen generations each. The three groups are based on: 1) the rise of Israel to a great kingdom under David […]
“…In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven.” – Matt 5:16 (NIV) As is common at the start of every year, resolutions are made, commitments are entered and people try to begin again, what they tried and failed to do the […]
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 […]
