₦airaland Forum

Is there any difference between PDP and APC?

Please, get me the meaning of Niger Delta and Biafra.

You cannot be a judge in your own course, its a bad call and its not going to stand. Nigerians will reject it, giving the facts that oshiomole is not the man for the job.
They have to institute an independent panel

And this non-sense will make the front-page, NL should stop this non-sense

The president is in the U S A, I will convey your message to him asa soon as he lands

APC should stop all this shit, its uncalled for, Nigerians deserve quality leadership.

"No matter how NASS boils, it can never boil a tuber of yam" Click like if you feel so and share if you feel otherwise

PassingShot:
Let the war against corruption and corrupt past leaders begin in full scale. It's a primary reason PMB was voted in as we cannot continue with business as usual.

Whatever means necessary to recover part of the stolen $ 150 bn will be appreciated. But please make sure all necessary evidence that will lead to successful prosecution are readily available because we don't want to hear funny stories after their arrest.

Carry go our able president.

For how long my brother, he has just 4 years to do miracles.

osizi06:
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"G" for G-wagon




All what PMB is doing now is counter-productive, he should remember he has just one-term left.

Just as they told Libya too, believe USA and u a goner

Western education is negatively and inversely related to Islam, I just hope they are on the same page with the governor.

A lost sheep

DEmejioba1:
even,if dat period u are talking abt is repeated,only ur corrupt father would b affected unless u choose to follow dia path

In everything you do or say, please apply wisdom.

asEdeyHOT:
Do you have a life?

Sorry sir, are you beremX?

joseph1832:
Fa fa fa, Fao! Bro I beg to disagree. Your refusal to comment on any of barcanista's threads only foster his zeal to spread half truths and narrow mindedness to the un suspecting foolish multitude.

You shouldn't forget, Nigeria/Nairaland is full of halfwits, so it only takes a person like barcanista to deceive and cajole them because they fail to think and reason for themselves.

Never forget bro, Nigerians/Nairalanders love free things, especially when that free thing is being offered by a political prostitute!.

I urge you to have a rethink.

Thanks for saying the truth, u can't resist the bo$$ of nairaland.

Beremx:
... And the lunatic keeps mentioning my name!

Berem, you're too much!

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Do you have a husband?

I taught we have gone passed 1983-1985, its like we going back to the dark ages.
God see us through.

Am I in Nigeria?

After the examination, and you made all the papers, you will surely be proud of yourself.
#saynotoexaminationmalpractices

No solution but God

This great man was victimized by Buhari, while the others(saraki and co) are roaming about.

israelBigFame:
See this 48, you Knw no say they are sailor among sailors. Bastard Noron

Stinky lober

israelBigFame:
Make me swallow my words then, Believe me you I swear in the name odin even if u be police man you will not live to tell your story. May thor strike u and your fada down anywhere u Are.

Stinky lober

Ofeakwu:
[img][/img] I prefer this one!

EGEDE

shockwave91:
op.....ah ah. Dat post long nah

Try read the post, it is cool

chaberry:
Another one

Another what?
Lalasticlala and Ishilove, please move this to the front-page

waleadex:
Hey,why is your write-up not well arranged, no paragraphs... oops! I got the message though.

Thanks man, I just did that now.

Some of my Protestant friends have asked why Catholics go to confession. What would you say?

Jesus entered this world to forgive sins. Recall the words of our Lord: "God so loved the world that He gave His only
Son, that whoever believes in Him may not die but may have eternal life." (Jn 3:16) During His public ministry, Jesus
preached about the forgiveness of sins: remember the parables of the Prodigal Son (Lk 15:11ff) or the Lost Sheep (Lk 15:1ff), and His teaching that "There will likewise be more joy in heaven over one repentant sinner than over 96 righteous people who have no need to repent." (Lk 15:7) Jesus Himself forgave sins: remember the story of the
woman caught in adultery (Jn 8:1ff) or the woman who washed His feet with her tears. (Lk 7:36ff) He also taught us
to pray for forgiveness in the "Our Father:" "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."

His mission of reconciliation would climax in His passion, death and resurrection: Jesus suffered, died and rose to free us from sin and death.
However, Jesus never trivialized sin or rationalized it. No, for Jesus, sin is sin, a violation of love against God and neighbor. However, in His divine mercy, Jesus called the sinner to realize the sin, to repent of it, and to be reconciled with God and neighbor. Jesus wanted this ministry of reconciliation to continue. On the first Easter Sunday evening, Jesus appeared to His Apostles, "breathed on them," and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive men's sins, they are forgiven them; if
you hold them bound, they are held bound." (Jn 20:21-23)
Only twice in Sacred Scripture do we find God breathing into human beings.

First, in the Genesis account of creation, God breathes the life of a soul into the man He has created. (Gen 2:7) Now, Jesus, the Son, breathes His life into His
Apostles His priests, so that through them He will "breathe" life into the souls of contrite sinners. In this scene, Christ instituted the sacrament of penance and made His Apostles
the ministers of it. At the ascension, Jesus again charged His Apostles with this ministry: "Thus it is written that the Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. In His name penance for the remission of sins is to be preached to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of this. (Lk 24:46ff) Clearly, Jesus came to forgive sins, He wanted that reconciliation to continue and He gave the Church a sacrament through which priests would continue to act as
the ministers of this reconciliation.

Perhaps many Protestants do not see the need for confession because most Protestant denominations do not
have sacraments or at least the understanding of sacraments as efficacious signs through which the Lord gives us grace. (However, traditional or "high" Episcopalians
have confessions. The Lutherans also have a ritual for reconciliation.)
Nevertheless, we see this ministry of reconciliation lived out in the early Church. St. Paul wrote, "God has reconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation." (2 Cor 5:18) The Didache (or Teachings of the Twelve Apostles), written about 80 AD, stated, "In the congregation you shall confess your transgressions" and "On
the Lord's Day, come together and break bread...having confessed your transgressions that your sacrifice may be pure." St. Cyprian in his <De lapsis> concerning the reconciliation of Christians who had succumbed to offering pagan worship rather than face martyrdom, wrote, "Let each confess his sin while he is still in this world, while his confession can be received, while satisfaction and the forgiveness granted by the priests is acceptable to God."

At this time of persecution, when local "parishes" were small, individuals publicly confessed their sins at the beginning of Mass (as mentioned in the Didache) and received absolution from the bishop or priest. After the legalization of the Church by Constantine, the Church fathers continued to emphasize the importance of confession. St. Ambrose wrote, "It seemed impossible that sins should be forgiven through penance; Christ granted this power to the Apostles and from the Apostles it has been transmitted to the office of priests." (<De poenitentia> Similarly, St. Athanasius asserted, "As the man whom the priest baptizes is enlightened by the grace of the Holy Ghost, so does he who in penance confesses his sins,
receive through the priest forgiveness in virtue of the grace of Christ."

(<Contra Novatus> By the mid-400s and the pontificate of Leo I, private confession under the seal of
secrecy becomes the norm to safeguard the reputation of the penitent and to attract others to the sacrament. Therefore, we go to confession because it is a sacrament
given to us by Christ, and it has always been a practice of the Church.
This sacrament is so important in our sharing in the life of Christ, the Church has even mandated its practice. To
prevent laxity, the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 required
that "every faithful of either sex who has reached the age of discretion should at least once a year faithfully confess all his sins to his own priest. He should strive as far as possible
to fulfill the penance imposed on him, and with reverence receive at least during Easter time the sacrament of the
Eucharist." This rule is still a precept of the Church. The Council of Trent in 1551 in its <Doctrine on the Sacrament
of Penance> asserted that since mortal sin "kills" the life of God in our souls, these sins must be confessed and absolved through the sacrament of penance (a principle repeated by Pope John Paul II in <Veritatis Splendor>.

Trent also said "it is right and profitable" to confess venial sins.
We could end the answer here. However, regular confession is a healthy spiritual practice. Each sincere Catholic needs to periodically—every month or two—do a good examination of conscience holding himself to the standard of Christ. Each person should reflect on how well he has lived a "Christ-like life" by following the commandments and the teachings of the Church. Perhaps one's failures are not so much commissions as they
are omissions. For all of these, we bring our soul to the Lord and receive forgiveness. The healing grace of the sacrament of penance washes away sin and give us the strength to avoid that sin again. The more we love the Lord, the more we are aware of the smallest sins and the more we want to say, "I am sorry. Please forgive me." I am sure this is why Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II go to confession weekly. As we continue our Easter celebration, may we take full advantage of this beautiful sacrament which draws us closer to the Lord.

Fr. Saunders is president of the Notre Dame Institute and
associate pastor of Queen of Apostles Parish, both in
Alexandria, VA.

Cc: Lalasticlala Ishilove