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Pastoral Outreach of Ijebu Ode Diocesan Seminarians to the Lepers Colony at Ijebu Igbo, held earlier today.šŸ“·: Henry Obi
03/07/2025

Pastoral Outreach of Ijebu Ode Diocesan Seminarians to the Lepers Colony at Ijebu Igbo, held earlier today.

šŸ“·: Henry Obi

Ijebu-Ode Diocesan Priests at the Jubilee of Hope Pilgrimage in Rome
03/07/2025

Ijebu-Ode Diocesan Priests at the Jubilee of Hope Pilgrimage in Rome



Ijebu Ode priests in Rome for 2025 Jubilee of Hope

2025 Diocesan  formation programme of Ijebu-ode seminarian at IPeru, Ogun State. Morning Interactive Session with Rev Fr...
02/07/2025

2025 Diocesan formation programme of Ijebu-ode seminarian at IPeru, Ogun State.
Morning Interactive Session with Rev Fr Evaristus Oduntan.
Yoruba Language as a tool for Evangelization in Ijebu Ode Diocese.

šŸ“ø Henry Obi



24/06/2025

Mass at Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Church of St. Padre Pio's tomb

24/06/2025

Nigerian delegation arriving in Rome for Jubilee Year of Hope for Priests

22/06/2025

HOMILY FOR CORPUS CHRISTI YEAR C
BY REV. FR. ANTHONY ADETAYO

No man can live without food. Though some people live for food alone. But there is a food more important than that of the body. It is rather the food of the soul. The Bible says in John 6:53 that if you don’t receive it, you will DIE. It is a hard teaching right? That’s it.

Today we celebrate the solemnity of Corpus Christi. The Solemnity of the body and blood of Christ began as a feast in 1246AD. The council of Trent declared that a public adoration must be in honour of the body and blood of Christ. By a way of explanation, the Eucharist is from the Greek word ā€˜Eucharisto’ which means ā€˜Thanksgiving’. It is therefore the offering of the true body and blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ to God in thanksgiving and in expiation for our sins. Other names for it are; Holy sacrifice, Holy and Divine Liturgy, Holy Communion, the Holy Mass.

ORIGIN
In the first reading today Gen 14:8, Abram was blessed by Melchizedek the high priest who on his behalf offered bread and wine as an exchange for a grateful heart. In the Old Testament, blood represents life and was used to ratify sacrifices Exodus 24:3-11. This banquet was what Christ inaugurated at the last supper but it is of a new and everlasting covenant since the blood of animals no longer washes away our sins Heb 10:4-6. Jesus Christ became the altar, the priest and the victim. He gave his body and blood and forgives us on the cross. Then he said ā€œdo this in memory of meā€ Mark 14:22-25. In the Gospel passage today, Jesus gradually began what would lead us into the corpus of Eucharistic teaching in John 6.

LESSON
FOLLOW AT ANY COST
I see how people were following Jesus listening to him and remaining excited. I see how they were eager to hear him even though with an empty stomach. But today people complain in the church almost about everything. Yet some can stand for hours watching a football match. They can sit for hours seeing a movie. How many of us today can risk our life for the sake of hearing or preaching the gospel. They sought him and they were fed satisfactorily. That is who Christ is, feeding us fully as we yearn for him.

BELIEVE THE EUCHARISTIC DOCTRINE
The first doctrine is ā€˜Transubstantiation’ which means a change in substance and not a change in matter. It means the body and blood is really present while bread and wine is seen. The substance changes but the appearance, colour, shape, size and taste remains the same. They are all accidental. The second is ā€˜Real presence’. This means that Christ is present in many ways like in the people of God, the priest, the word of God. But his presence par excellence is in the Holy Eucharist even in a single specie or smallest particle.

CHARITY MULTIPLIES
The miracle of multiplication happened during distribution and not before it. Give and you will never lack. The more you give, the more giving remains because Christ himself is the giver. It charity to pay your tithe or do charity of its equivalence. Abraham paid his tithe today and more blessings were added to him as also confirmed in Malachi 3:10-12.

HAPPY CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY

20/06/2025

CWO National meeting and Thanksgiving

17/06/2025

Burial of Sr. Caroline Obiora

The Pentecost Sunday Celebrations held on June 8, 2025 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church Imomo-Ijebu, Ogun State left some...
09/06/2025

The Pentecost Sunday Celebrations held on June 8, 2025 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church Imomo-Ijebu, Ogun State left some memories in the hearts of the Parishioners as nine Communicants received the Sacrament of Baptism and the First Holy Communion. Also, some Parishioners received the Dean of Ijebu-Igbo Deanery "Certificate of Participation" in the Jubilee Year of Hope Pilgrimage held recently at St Sebastian Catholic Cathedral Ijebu-Ode recently.

šŸ“·: Agbaoye Odukoya Pius Ademola

08/06/2025

The Sacrament of Confirmation - Laying of Hands

08/06/2025

The Sacrament of Confirmation - Homily

08/06/2025

The Sacrament of Confirmation - Calling of Candidates

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