24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A  

FIRST READING: Sir 27:30-28:7; SECOND READING: Rom 14:7-9; GOSPEL: MT 18:21-35

Normal human instinct as well as professional medical advice recognize prolonged anger and unwillingness to forgive one another as injurious to human health. The sinner is prone to this sad disposition. God’s love-covenant with us now makes forgiveness a divine command and hateful anger a grievous sin. Given the horror of living in eternal sadness because of hateful bitterness Jesus commands us to forgive endlessly.   – Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna

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“I will not offer to the Lord my God sacrifices
that have cost me nothing.”

— 2 Samuel 24:24

*Breaking-  Priestly Ordination: COVID-19 DIRECTIVES*

Following the need to observe COVID-19 guidelines for the priestly Ordination at the Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri on Saturday 8th August, 2020, The Archbishop as  directs as follows with regard to attendance and participation:

ATTENDANCE:

***All the Supervisors of the INTERNS, 

***All the 2019 set of Priests from Owerri Archdiocese, 

***Five Persons from the Parish of Internship,

***Fifteen persons from the home Parish of the INTERN,

***Two religious from each of the Religious Congregations in the Archdiocese.

***Three Priests from each Zone (The Episcopal Zonal Vicar and two other Priests.) 

***The Executive members of the Owerri Archdiocesan Pastoral Council  and Finance  Council, 

***The approved medical team from Holy Rosary Hospital Emekuku.

*********N/B: Putting on your ‘Nose Masks’ is mandatory.

Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna