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Most Rev. John Kobina Louis, PhD
Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana

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The Sin Against Lazarus in Ghana Today

A powerful reflection on Amos 6, 1 Timothy 6 & Luke 16:19–31 — challenging us to see the Lazarus at our gates.

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD

April 25, 2026

THEME: THE GOOD SHEPHERDREADINGS: Acts 2:14, 36-41/ 1 Peter 2:20-25/ John 10:1-104th Sunday of Easter Beloved, today, the fourth Sunday of Easter, is also Vocations Sunday. Whereas there are several types of vocations, the focus today is on the priesthood and religious life. We are praying that many more people will accept the Lord’s call to become priests and religious; for the harvest is rich but the labourers are still few. For instance, in the universal Church, the ratio of priests to the lay faithful is about 1:3,000. Now, today is also Good Shepherd Sunday. Jesus, according to the second reading, is ‘the Shepherd and Guardian of [our] souls’ (1 Pet. 2:25). And Jesus Himself declares: ‘I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd is…
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD

THEME: THE GOOD SHEPHERDREADINGS: Acts 2:14, 36-41/ 1 Peter 2:20-25/ John 10:1-104th Sunday of Easter Beloved, today, the fourth Sunday of Easter, is also Vocations Sunday. Whereas there are several…

Expanding Hospitality in a Changing World

HOMILY FOR THE CLOSING MASS OF THE PROVINCIAL CHAPTERBrothers of St. John of God – Dodowa, Ghana (April 24, 2026)Theme: “Expanding Hospitality in a Changing…

JOURNEYING WITH THE RISEN LORD: TO EMMAUS OR JERUSALEM?

THEME: JOURNEYING WITH THE RISEN LORD: TO EMMAUS OR JERUSALEM?READINGS: Acts 2:14, 22-33 / 1 Peter 1:17-21 / Luke 24:13-353rd Sunday of Easter The Christian life is a journey with the risen…

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“If Christ has not risen, then the world is without hope. But Christ truly is risen, and therefore there is hope.”— Pope Benedict XVI
— Quote for Sunday 26th April
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Bishop John Kobina Louis, PhD

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Most Rev. John Kobina Louis, PhD

Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Accra, Ghana

Ordained a priest in 1992 and consecrated bishop on April 19, 2023, Bishop Louis brings over three decades of pastoral, academic, and administrative ministry to his preaching. He holds a PhD in the Study of Religions from the University of Ghana and an STL in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome.

Author of several volumes of The Word in Season and out of Season — homilies for every Sunday and solemnity across the three-year liturgical cycle. His preaching is marked by clarity, warmth, deep Scriptural grounding, and a passion for making the Gospel accessible to all.

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