If you want to win the war, do not go into defensive mode. Go into attack mode. I come from Hoima. While growing up, we had several stories of night dancers, thieves, and kidnappers. If you were walking alone at night, and see an approaching car, you hid in the bush to let the car pass. It was rare to see a car at night, and when you saw one, it meant danger. To us (back then), people with cars only moved during the day. Everyone wanted to be seen in a car. It was rare to see one! So,…
Happy Heroes Day to all Ugandans
As Napoleon observed, “The army marches on its stomach”, everyone today matches on their stomach. Whoever feeds the stomach easily becomes one’s hero. But it should not be like that. We should define our heroes as those folks who do greater good for the greater majority. And today we celebrate just that. The people who sacrificed their good lives for the better of our country. These are the true heroes. And all those people who wake up early to go to hospitals to attend and make our country coronavirus free and safe, those folks who clean our streets. The…
Homily for Tuesday, Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
The first reading is the story of a widow who had a very small amount of food for herself and her son to eat in a time of famine. The prophet asked her to share some of the little she had. Understandably she was very slow to do so but eventually, she did what Elijah asked. She shared the very little food that she had. In doing so she discovered that the Lord provided for her in abundance. We are reminded of another widow in the gospels; she put a very small amount into the Temple treasury but in doing…
Act of Consecration of the Family to The Divine Mercy
O Jesus, you showed us your infinite compassionate love by exhausting the very last drop of blood and water from your body. From this day forward, with full confidence, we entrust our families to Your Divine Mercy. We abandon our past, our present and our future. We place into your wounds all of our wounds which are caused by lack of love, understanding and trust. Jesus, expel Satan and all evil from our families, free us from the consequence of sin and protect us from further harm. Heal our wounds. May our families learn to venerate your Divine Image…
