Fr. Daniel's Corner / May 1, 2022
Easter People, God's Chosen People The crux of the Easter mystery is that Christians are redeemed to redeem. As civilizations’ rise and...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Apr 10, 2022
- 4 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / April 10, 2022
Jesus' Last Week At the heart of our faith is the Paschal mystery: The Passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. All...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Apr 3, 2022
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / April 3, 2022
Stations of the Cross Another feature of the Lenten season is the Stations of the Cross on Fridays which culminates on Good Friday as the...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Apr 1, 2022
- 4 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 27, 2022
Lent: A Time for Metanoia The Lenten period is a privileged opportunity for a new growth in Christian discipline, in Christian patience,...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Mar 18, 2022
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 18, 2022
The Prodigal Father MERCY is a beautiful term that characterizes the Lenten season. Interestingly, the parable of the PRODIGAL FATHER is...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 9, 2022
Fasting: A Means Not an End Fasting, one of the three pillars that punctuates the Lenten season, stands out. Unarguably, Lent is ALSO an...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / September 24, 2021
Sacrament and Sacramentum Have you noticed that the word sacrament appears frequently in the Mass and in most Catholic books, gatherings,...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Jun 30, 2021
- 6 min
Patris Corde: Descriptions of St. Joseph
Pope Francis, in Patris Corde, describes Saint Joseph as a beloved father, a tender and loving father, an obedient father, an accepting...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
June, Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
In popular piety, each month of the year has a corresponding spiritual theme that focuses on various aspects of the Christian faith. June...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
What the Church says about St. Joseph
St. Joseph in Magisterium Some documents of the church have reflected and written extensively about St. Joseph. Here are summaries for a...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- May 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Man Joseph: "May he [the Lord] Add"
Several important biblical figures bear the name Joseph: Joseph (the eleventh son of the patriarch Jacob - Gen 30: 24); Joseph the...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
Patris Corde: The Year of St. Joseph
With the Concluding Rite Part 2 we come to the end of the Mass Moment, which coincided with our Archdiocesan Year of the Eucharist; a...
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stpeterparish
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner/ April 4, 2021
Mass Moment: Concluding Rite Part 2/Called Together to be Sent The concluding rite of the Eucharist is brief and deceptively simple: a...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 28, 2021
Mass Moment: Post Communion and Concluding Rite When the distribution of Communion is over, if appropriate, the priest and the faithful...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Mar 21, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 21, 2021
Mass Moment: Behold the Lamb of God/Communion Before the reception of the Holy Communion, the priest prepares himself by a prayer, said...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Mar 14, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 14, 2021
Mass Moment: The Breaking of the Bread One of the most ancient names by which Christians called the Mass was “the breaking of the bread”...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Mar 7, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 7, 2021
Mass Moment: The Sign of Peace We now come to the greeting and exchange of the Sign of Peace. The prayer of peace recalls our Lord’s...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Feb 28, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / February 28, 2021
Mass Moment: The Communion Rite After the Great Amen of the doxology (see previous entry), the assembly stands before the throne of God...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Feb 21, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / February 21, 2021
Mass Moment: Eucharistic Prayer from Anamnesis to Doxology Not only did Jesus tell the apostles “do this,” but he also said, “do this in...
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Fr. Daniel Okafor
- Feb 14, 2021
- 3 min
Fr. Daniel's Corner / February 14, 2021
Mass Moment: The Institution Narrative In the Institution Narrative, a precise and specific event from the life of Jesus is retold—...
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