The solemnity of our lord Jesus Christ the king Sunday, It celebrate the widely inclusive power of Christ as Ruler and Master of the universe.

Authoritatively called the feast of Our Master Jesus Christ the Lord also known as (Feast of Corpus Christi) was founded by Pope Puis XI in 1925 during a time when respect for Christ and the Church was waning, when the feast was needed most.


Pius hoped the institution of the feast would have various effects. They were:
1. That nations would see that the Church has the right to freedom, and immunity from the state ( Quas Primas , 32).

2. That leaders and nations would see that they are bound to give respect to Christ ( Quas Primas , 31).

3. That the faithful would gain strength and courage from the celebration of the feast, as we are reminded that Christ must reign in our hearts, minds, wills, and bodies ( Quas Primas , 33).

Today, the same distrust of authority exists, although the problem has gotten worse. Individualism has been embraced to such an extreme, that for many, the only authority is the individual self.

Feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated on the last Sunday of ordinary Time according to Catholic believe, the Sunday before Advent
In 2016, the feast falls on November 20th which is the closure of the jublie year of mercy.

As a catholic I give my self one week preparing for the feast and proccesion.. what about?

Staccato001:
If this news is True, then it's easy to discern the body language of IPOB over the past few days now since the highly militarised procession of the security agents came into play...kind of 'if you can't beat them, join them' .

Kudos though! There are more than one way to make your voice heard rather than self inflicted violence which is definitely not the smartest way to bravery.

Let peace reign and let discourse take the center stage.

which voice are you even talking about Mr man
The one we voiced at the toll gate what happened

Promzy99:
Strange things do happen guys. Yerterday being sunday, My babe and I went out 2 take some bottles as usual @ one of our favourite bar in Oyigbo. So it happend that we finished late cos of the interesting nollywood movie that was showing on African magic @ the bar.

She got calls 4rm home that there is a heavy presence of Army men harrassing and flogging people. For safety purpose, I decided that we lodge in nearby guest house to spend the nite and this is our first time spending the nite 2geda.

While sleeping, (me I wasn't that deep at sleep cos of the alcoholic drink) with her left leg wrappd around me, I startd feeling some wet sensation. Immediately, I turnd on my phone's torch, lol and behold my babe was zapping. I got shocked. I woke her up with anger, she feeling very sorry, hugged me and was pleading with me seriously with tears dripping down her eyes. I couldn't help but to feel sorry for her too.

She said she's been battling with that issue since childhood.

Please, how can I help her?

Bro it's nothing to worry about, it will stop on its own
Taking her dinner earlier will help

This a very serious issue but when you find the solution it maybe a little spend (spiritual issues) Go and meet ur dad ask him what he did or is anything he’s running from example if he’s to serve a deity an fail to. As it start with ur mom and don’t know how possible it will be but all this coming from somewhere ur origin that ur dad’s root
Just goto any spiritual they will perform something like afa and tell you what’s the issue but you dad need to be blame all this happening he couldn’t go out and find solutions or don’t he associate with people

Seeing any of my family members in this picture
Me personally will kill that one

Ash Wednesday is a Christian holy day of prayer and fasting. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and falls on the first day of Lent, the six weeks of penitence before Easter. Ash Wednesday is traditionally observed by Western Christians

What is the significance of Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday is important because it marks the start of the Lenten period leading up to Easter, when Christians believe Jesus was resurrected. The ashes symbolize both death and repentance. During this period, Christians show repentance and mourning for their sins, because they believe Christ died for them.

What does the Bible say about Ash Wednesday?
That's true; there is no mention of Ash Wednesday in the Bible. But there is a tradition of donning ashes as a sign of penitence that predates Jesus. In the Old Testament, Job repents “in dust and ashes,” and there are other associations of ashes and repentance in Esther, Samuel, Isaiah and Jeremiah.

Is lent just a Catholic thing?

Unlike Easter, it's not a celebration. While in excess of a billion Christians observe Lent each year, not all Christians do. It is observed by Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Easter Orthodox, Lutherans, and Methodists.

To shorten the story 1. Na envy go kill you
2. They are not Yahoo
3. As this post have made it to front page I believe they have already gotten the information
3. My advice is that you approach them when you see anytime wrong, you must see one of them you can reason with, can't u make friends with them or they are not even noticing you maybe that's why cuz according to the way you sound like you are bitter let me say jealous that young guys of their age is driving while ur boyfriend is still coming with Keke to pick you ���

There's a freedom for worship in this country so I don't think it concern anybody

ivolt:
Amnesty are subversive liars and vultures. Despite having zero evidence, they spread fake news of a "massacre" that never happened. Amnesty need big lies to get more funding for the charade organization they run and to provide false evidence for possible future military interventions.

like this stupid fool is working with Nigeria government here on nairaland

I will do you it but what just happen to me receipt no get joy at all

I don't trust her

Sometimes I feel I wasted money, time and effort in the university studying the course I studied. It's one of my greatest regret but life goes on.

[Hmmm... Just saw a Google ads on nairaland

According to a Facebook user the leader of the indigenous people Biafra (IPOB) was today picture at wearing MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN at Donald Trump's Iowa rally. According to reports, He was Officially invited by the Republican Party������

Photo below

Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City.

Born: December 17, 1936 (age 83), Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality: Argentine
Full name: Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio )

We, his children from around the world, are grateful to God for having him as our spiritual father on earth.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE HOLY FATHER!!!

It will stop on it own u are 21 but ur system is still 11y ��� have seen a similar case the girl doesn't stay in the hostel due to the fact that she bedwet and she go from home

First talk to someone
Second talk to someone
Three talk to someone
Nobody will want you kill urself even if the person is also think of same thing

MyVILLAGEpeople:
This IPOB people are not behaving like real igbos. How can one man be brainwashing and deceiving you guys like this.

Igbos ain't this daft and ignorant.

Mtcheeew.

You are the one be brain washed

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Rednaxelot:
These people aren't making any sense from this trend of zero vote for the opposition.

Do they want to tell us that the opposition party did not have any party agent represented at the polling unit, or the party agent voted for the other party, giving his party a zero vote?

Oshiomole, Ortom et al should use their brain o.

Do u know if their agents have PVC

Tundexxy:


Op said Staphylococcus Aureus not Typhoid

Bro I know what I'm saying.. I struggle have my lab results and the injection prescribed for me

Bro all I can advise you to try boil you water �for this period try cook the water you drink on your own and take the medication they gave

He's clearly supporting Nwosu who has already failed

Nigeria or zoo

Probably he doesn't have a girlfriend

Alright

CilicMarin:
Since PDP and their ipob yoots supporters have refused to have sense, this was Jonathan in 2015 at the same Stadium Buhari used last Week.

Now, come explain the empty Seats.

Anambra1st otherwise known as Chino with his numerous handles, come and kneel down

You are very stupid for including IPOB here

HIS HOLINESS, POPE FRANCIS, IS 82YEARS TODAY

Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City.

Born: December 17, 1936 (age 82), Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality: Argentine
Full name: Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio )

We, his children from around the world, are grateful to God for having him as our spiritual father on earth.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE HOLY FATHER!!!

tonysleek:
SENSE FALL ON YOU!. Receive sense in Jesus name!

Receive wisdom bro

Hoodbilonia:
coven
catholics are trapped
place wey dem dey close everywhere
they hide
they condition them
no bible
nothing
just a piece of useless worthless paper of todays sermon madly modified by catholics and contrasting to ref in bible verses.
they worship idols
furnicate and even drink beer within church premises. smoke ..and do all evil in the name of harvest and baazar.. abegi
fake ass idol worshipers
stepped my foot off catholic decades ago

catholic is evil
stay away from them
no diff btwn catholic and grail message,eckankar and the rest of them all.

Nwanne u are foolish i swear.. When has drinking bear now a crime mumu ur pastors will pretend not do it in u pple presence and did most evil act at the back

CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY INTRODUTION AND HISTORY

Christ the King Sunday celebrates the all-embracing authority of Christ as King and Lord of the cosmos. Officially called the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, it is celebrated on the final Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Sunday before Advent. In 2015, the feast falls on November 22nd.

INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
Pope Pius XI instituted The Feast of Christ the King in 1925 for the universal church in his encyclical Quas Primas . He connected the increasingly denial of Christ as king to the rise of secularism. At the time of Quas Primas , many Christians (including Catholics) began to doubt Christ's authority and existence, as well as the Church's power to continue Christ's authority. Pius XI, and the rest of the Christian world, witnessed the rise of non-Christian dictatorships in Europe, and saw Catholics being taken in by these earthly leaders. These dictators often attempted to assert authority over the Church. Just as the Feast of Corpus Christi was instituted when devotion to the Eucharist was at a low point, the Feast of Christ the King was instituted during a time when respect for Christ and the Church was waning, when the feast was needed most.
Pius hoped the institution of the feast would have various effects. They were:
1. That nations would see that the Church has the right to freedom, and immunity from the state ( Quas Primas , 32).
2. That leaders and nations would see that they are bound to give respect to Christ ( Quas Primas , 31).
3. That the faithful would gain strength and courage from the celebration of the feast, as we are reminded that Christ must reign in our hearts, minds, wills, and bodies ( Quas Primas , 33).
Today, the same distrust of authority exists, although the problem has gotten worse. Individualism has been embraced to such an extreme, that for many, the only authority is the individual self. The idea of Christ as ruler is rejected in such a strongly individualistic system. Also, many balk at the idea of kings and queens, believing them to be antiquated and possibly oppressive. Some even reject the titles of "lord" and "king" for Christ because they believe that such titles are borrowed from oppressive systems of government. However true these statements might be (some kings have been oppressive), these individuals miss the point: Christ's kingship is one of humility and service . Jesus said:
You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to become great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:42-45, NAB).
and
Pilate said to Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?"... Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here." So Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world,to testify to the truth (John 18:33b, 36-37).
Thus, Jesus knew the oppressive nature of secular kings, and in contrast to them, he connected his role as king to humble service, and commanded his followers to be servants as well. In other passages of Scripture, his kingdom is tied to his suffering and death. While Christ is coming to judge the nations, his teachings spell out a kingdom of justice and judgment balanced with radical love, mercy, peace, and forgiveness. When we celebrate Christ as King, we are not celebrating an oppressive ruler, but one willing to die for humanity and whose "loving-kindness endures forever." Christ is the king that gives us true freedom, freedom in Him. Thus we must never forget that Christ radically redefined and transformed the concept of kingship .
Christ the King Sunday used to be celebrated on the last Sunday of October, but since the calendar reforms of 1969, the feast falls on the last Sunday of Ordinary Time, which is the Sunday before Advent. It is fitting that the feast celebrating Christ's kingship is observed right before Advent, when we liturgically wait for the promised Messiah (King).

HISTORY
The earliest Christians identified Jesus with the predicted Messiah of the Jews. The Jewish word "messiah," and the Greek word "Christ," both mean "anointed one," and came to refer to the expected king who would deliver Israel from the hands of the Romans. Christians believe that Jesus is this expected Messiah. Unlike the messiah most Jews expected, Jesus came to free all people, Jew and Gentile, and he did not come to free them from the Romans, but from sin and death. Thus the king of the Jews, and of the cosmos, does not rule over a kingdom of this world.
Christians have long celebrated Jesus as Christ, and his reign as King is celebrated to some degree in Advent (when Christians wait for his second coming in glory), Christmas (when "born this day is the King of the Jews"wink, Holy Week (when Christ is the Crucified King), Easter (when Jesus is resurrected in power and glory), and the Ascension (when Jesus returns to the glory he had with the Father before the world was created). However, Pius XI wanted to specifically commemorate Christ as king, and instituted the feast in the Western calendar in 1925.
In the 21st century many Western Christians, Catholic and Protestant, celebrate Christ the King Sunday, including Anglicans and Lutherans. Unfortunately, in some mainline Protestant churches, "king" language is not popular, and the feast is downplayed. However, in a chaotic and unjust world that seems to scorn any kind of authority, many Christians proudly celebrate Christ the King Sunday, where the loving and merciful - and just - king of the universe is praised and glorified.

Christ king sunday is one of my ecstatic days as a catholic, what about you?