Written by S.A to Peter Obi on Media, VALENTINE OBIENYEM..(Oct 10,2015)

We enjoyed lively Bigard liturgy
As usual with him, since I met Mr. Peter Obi,
morning masses have remained an essential
part of his morning rituals.

After running around in Anambra State
yesterday, we drove to Enugu and passed
the night there.
This morning, we attended mass at the
Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, an old
Catholic formation house established in
1924, which has trained many lay people,
priests, bishops and cardinals. In line with
the unity of the Church, masses are the same
throughout the world, but there are many
distinguishing features of Bigard masses.

Besides the scintillating sermon of the
officiating priest, Rev. Dr. Anthony Eze, the
music probably reminded one about
Beethoven's symphony. After a long time, I
witnessed liturgical songs that obeyed the
musical concept of graduation of voices. The
alto, baritone, tenor and bass rivaled one
another in a manner pleasant to the ears. If I
were a Pythagorean or a Hindu, those that
believe that people reincarnate as lower or
higher beings depending on the lives they
lived in their previous lives, would have
believed that most of those young
seminarians were song birds in their
previous avatars.

After the mass, it was time for a quick
breakfast. This set me remembering my
smattering Latin , indeed it was " Iantaculum
(cena) parata est. The former Governor
insisted, and indeed, eat with the
seminarians.

From the refectory, we proceeded to the
Auditorium. The manners and morals of the
seminarians were prim and Puritan thus
reinforced my belief that the Seminary
remains the best institution for training the
young ones in discipline and the cultivation
of the intellect. Have you wondered why
those who had the opportunity of attending
the seminary remain perpetually thankful to
the institution for channeling their anachaic
impulse to order just as culverts, dykes and
dams channel the destructive ferocity of
flood to productivity.

The Bigard family is happy, very happy, with
him. As a philosopher, they even see in him
the fulfillment of Plato's assertion that the
world would become a better place if
philosophers become kings or Kings are
made to be philosophers.

This reminds me about philosophy and her
adherents. The Seminary is the authentic
citadel where philosophy is cultivated the
best way it should. It is painful that the
course is derided these days because, unlike
courses such as law and medicine, people
do not see it as an open sesame to wealth,
renown and comfort. The fact is that
philosophy remains what it has always
been: "Regina Sciantorium", Queen of all
sciences. Philosophy is like a soldier in the
trenches, fighting to conquer unconquered
territories. Each one she conquers, she
leaves for one of her numerous offsprings
and moves on. The last of these offsprings is
Psychology. This is the reason why most
older philosophers were cornucopia of
knowledge even in an era that knowledge
was mostly fragmentary.

This is a topic for
another day.
As we were on the way to the Auditorium, I
saw my old friend and an elder brother, Rev.
Fr. Dr. Blaise Emebo. Engaging him, I told him
that each time I saw or remembered him, I
remember the philosopher, Blaise Paschal
and his doctrine of wager, were he advised
that if there is the equiprobability of the
existence of heaven and hell, that it is better
to wager for heaven and live a righteous life,
because, if at the end it exists, we shall enjoy
Augustine's beatific vision in the City of God
( Civitas Dei) losing nothing or else we
perish due to unbelief. I also love his
description of man as a chimera...

In their welcome address by the
seminarians, after recognizing what they
called Obi's magical transformation of
Anambra State hinged on the Millennium
Development Goals(MDGs), they expectedly
called for more support.

Expectedly too, they
gave him Seminarians most precious gift:
spiritual bouquet.
Obi spoke at length to the Seminarians
drawing from his personal experience. His
speech was characterized by intermittent
clapping. He used practical experience to
illustrate good governance devoted to the
care of the people. He talked about his
savings culture in Anambra State under him
that ensured that by the time he left office,
he had 75 Billion Naira left in cash and
investment.

The lecture is still on, by and by we shall
report more and better.

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