Augustine Oni's Blog

  In life, there is a need to prepare oneself for the opportunity or blessing one is expecting. So that, when the opportunity knocks, one is...

 Jesus tells us that “in the world you will have many troubles” ( John 16:33 ). Jesus asserts this with a note of certainty and finality. In...

  The Word of the Lord says “let your loins be girded and your lamps burning and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home...

  Hagar found herself in a precarious and perilous situation ( Gen 21:14-21 ). With a tiny infant in her arms, she ran out water in a drea...

  Jesus did two things after his acerbic confrontations with the Pharisees that might not appear impressive to us ( Matt 12:14-21 ). First...

  The Catholic Church teaches authoritatively that God preserved Mary from the stain of original sin from the moment of her conception. The ...

  Purgatory can be considered as a gift of God. It is a gratuitous gift of God to those who might perish but are now being purified; those w...