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May I be like the Father who is the source of
everything - that I may be able to create the
willingness in me to do all good and
righteous things and acts to my fellowmen.
May I be like the Son who gave up his life to
save us - that I may be able to do little
sacrifices on my own to be a better person
and to show that I care for others.
And may I be like the Holy Spirit who guides -
that I may be an instrument to guide my lost
brothers ans sisters to be home in the
Kingdom of God.
These I ask through the Holy name of Christ
Jesus, your son, and through the intersession
of Mary, our mother. Amen.

Sex is not a shameful thing; it is a divine gift,
ordained to life, to love, to fruitfulness. This is
the context in which we must see the
Christian Doctrine on Sex. Our Faith does not
ignore anything on this earth that is beautiful,
noble and authentically human. It simply
teaches us that the rule of life should not be
the selfish pursuit of pleasure, because only
Sacrifice and Self-denial lead to true love. - St
Josemaria Escriva(Marriag e: A Christian
Vocation- Christ is passing by). Do you believe
in Chastity before Marriage?

italo: Pls remember Mr Aladin who opened this thread in your thoughts and prayers.

It's been a while I saw him here. I hope his challenges have not taken a toll.

Please pray for him and all members. I dont just mean we should type a prayer here. I mean we should take time off, talk to God on his/all members behalf. Also, put him/all members in your daily prayers.

God bless you all.

thanks sir..
I still need ur prayers @ all
my elder sis. Was involved in an accident today.

woky: wow! Dats great!.. But The priest take style funny o

his profession is comedy. Lol


funny enough he had pastored 9 Different churches before becoming a priest.

So nobody fit deceive am as him dey so.

woky: lolzz

mr. Aladin wetin una prist talk?? Share am wit us.. Me too wan laff

he said he was weak so him say make him stroll round. He Didn't wear anything wey go make ppl know say he is a priest. So he decided to check on one of his parishioner so as him dey discuss with the woman daughter, then all this door to door preachers from mushroom churches come enter d house to preach( u know na december, so dem dey find money) d preacher think say na woman father go find for there so he said to father; yayayayayayayayayayayayayay youngman have u given ur Life to Christ.....
Father say as him wan answer the preacher question another pastor frm a different church steeped in.
He said he asked the both of them a puzzling question that made dem to started quarreling.
Him say na wen him don go out from the house na im dem tell d two pastors say him be catholic priest.

Truelly as i dey tell u so one of dem don convert to catholic.

Good Afternoon My Big Ppl. I Hail oo.
RANDOM CONSIDERATIONS (What people
say we are)
That all Catholics are
worshipping idols
We are not true Christians as
we preach false doctrines

MY REPLY:
These things stated above can only imply
one thing: that the Church is hell bound..
Hmm, what a way of chasing people away
from the light.
I ask them:
Does it mean Christ lied when
he made us promise of
infallibility and presence?
Does it mean that Christ has
been blind to many Catholics
falling into hell?
Notwithstanding the cost he
paid to redeem them?
Does it mean that it is better to
CHOOSE YOUR CHURCH rather
than OBEY AND TRUST Christ’s
word? (Whosoever listens to
you, listens to me)
Or has Christ become weak
that he can no longer protect
HIS BRIDE?
Am still waiting for their answers up till dis very moment.




Before i Forget My parish priest nearly burst our belle with laughter During Mrn Mass today.

Queen of the Most Holy ROSARY

The heavens declare the glory of God and the
firmament proclaims the work of His hands.


Gracias @ all
The will of God has began to manifest in the lives of my family members.

I really appreciate your prayers.

The Lord be with you!

babestell: In that case, please your sister and her husband and you and the rest of your family should pack yourselves to Ohum monastery for prayers and deliverance. Focused prayers and intense confessions to help root the evil out.

her problems grew worst when stop professing the catholic faith,
she is jumping frm one church to another.
But anytime she needs financial assistance it is the catholic church that always render it to her.
Especially the priests at NDA

babestell: Mr Alafin, so sorry to hear about your family circumstances. But is there any foul play involved eg land issue, family quarrel?

While we pray for you, perhaps you can do the things within your human power to ensure that the living continue to live. May Our Lady Help of Christians be your Strenght

somebody Tell my elder sister say my matanal ancestors beinq dey worship mermaid so the mermaid expect their decendant to continue worshipping them but reverse is the case it started causing havoc in d family.
Even my big sis her married is at brink of collapsing.
She don get more than 5 miscarriage

Sal C: May their souls rest in peace, amen.

amen. Tank u

italo: I'm sorry to hear that.

We must turn to the Lord, our refuge.

He is the only one that can protect and comfort in these times and always.

If I can suggest something...pls visit him daily in the Blessed Sacrament.

God be with you.

and with ur spirit.
I will do jst that.

italo: What?!

I already prayed for you but I will pray for you even more fervently now. You and your family.

Sorry to ask, are your mum and eldest brother still alive so that I can pray for their well-being?

May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.

Amen.

The Both Of Them didn't make it.

Sal C: Didn't go to church today.

i went Ma..... Fr Titus Edeh and His Assistant Fr Felix Ekpe Celebrated a marathon mass, the mass lasted for six hours.

Ubenedictus: @chidima, i just read up italo's link, it should provide you the needed points.
@aladin, do you have a specific prayer request?
@all happy sunday.

yes sir.. Five Of My blood relation have died jst within the space of five years. My mum and my eldest brother was poisoned and just yesterday i received a call that a uncle of mine from my matanal home is dead.

Please always remember barry in ur prayers.
Happy sunday.

Who was the officiating priest that celebrated
the holy Mass at your parish today??"

Sal C: Will keep praying for you, God is there for you. It is well.

tnx

i sincerely need ur prayers @ all.

The opposition party wants the National
Assembly to wade in.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, said on
Thursday that it was in doubt if the
Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, had the ability to organize a free and
fair governorship election in Anambra State,
come November 16, going by recent
developments.
According to a statement by its Interim
National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed,
the party alleged that the top officials whom
the electoral body planned to send to
oversee the election were card-carrying
members of the PDP and had compromised
their role as unbiased umpires.
It listed the officials as Lawrence
Nwurukwu, the National Commissioner of
INEC in charge of the South-East, Gladys
Nwafor, the second INEC Commissioner from
the South-East.
”Mr. Nwuruku was the Chairman of the PDP
in Ebonyi State, while Mrs. Nwafor had
worked closely with First Lady Patience
Jonathan as a grassroots mobilizer,” the APC
said.
“These officials cannot, in all honesty, be
expected to be unbiased, because they have
been compromised by their antecedents.
”If INEC indeed has any hope of organizing a
free, fair and transparent election in
Anambra on Nov. 16th, it must immediately
shelve the plan to send these highly-partisan
and heavily-compromised officials to
supervise the election. Any action short of
that will open INEC to accusations of bias –
which is not what any umpire wants,” APC
said.
The opposition party also said some actions
taken by INEC in recent times had called to
question its ability to stay above the fray as
far as the Anambra election is concerned.
”For example, the voters’ register for
Anambra in 2011 had 2.1 million names,
which came down to 1.8 million after a
review. However, despite continuous
registration by INEC, the names came down
to 1.7 million.
“This kind of chicanery is only possible
under a circumstance in which deliberate
efforts are being made to depopulate the
voters in areas where the opposition has an
edge.
”We are therefore left with no choice than
to call on the National Assembly to seek
explanations from INEC on the hanky- panky.
“This is necessary to ensure that the election
is not rigged by the same body saddled with
ensuring that it is transparently-organized,”
it said.
APC said it was closely monitoring all the
processes leading to the election, since the
success of any poll was not limited to
actions taken on the election day alone, with
a view to ensuring that no candidate is
short-changed by the very body that has the
responsibility to ensure a level-playing field
for all.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/149270-anambra-governorship-poll-apc-accuses-inec-staff-bias.html

COME, YOU BLESSED OF MY FATHER, SAYS THE
LORD: I WAS SICK, AND YOU VISITED ME. AMEN, I
SAY TO YOU: WHATEVER YOU DID FOR ONE OF
THE LEAST OF MY BRETHREN YOU DID IT FOR
ME!
WE BEGIN THIS DAY IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT."

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean
not on your own understanding."
- Proverbs 3: 5

~saint of the day~
Sunday, November 03, 2013
St. Martin de Porres (1579-1639)
"Father unknown" is the cold legal phrase
sometimes used on baptismal records. "Half-
breed" or "war souvenir" is the cruel name
inflicted by those of "pure" blood. Like many
others, Martin might have grown to be a
bitter man, but he did not. It was said that
even as a child he gave his heart and his
goods to the poor and despised.
He was the son of a freed woman of Panama,
probably black but also possibly of Native
American stock, and a Spanish grandee of
Lima, Peru. His parents never married each
other. Martin inherited the features and dark
complexion of his mother. That irked his
father, who finally acknowledged his son
after eight years. After the birth of a sister, the
father abandoned the family. Martin was
reared in poverty, locked into a low level of
Lima’s society.
When he was 12, his mother apprenticed him
to a barber-surgeon. He learned how to cut
hair and also how to draw blood (a standard
medical treatment then), care for wounds and
prepare and administer medicines.
After a few years in this medical apostolate,
Martin applied to the Dominicans to be a "lay
helper," not feeling himself worthy to be a
religious brother. After nine years, the
example of his prayer and penance, charity
and humility led the community to request
him to make full religious profession. Many of
his nights were spent in prayer and
penitential practices; his days were filled with
nursing the sick and caring for the poor. It
was particularly impressive that he treated all
people regardless of their color, race or
status. He was instrumental in founding an
orphanage, took care of slaves brought from
Africa and managed the daily alms of the
priory with practicality as well as generosity.
He became the procurator for both priory and
city, whether it was a matter of "blankets,
shirts, candles, candy, miracles or prayers!"
When his priory was in debt, he said, "I am
only a poor mulatto. Sell me. I am the property
of the order. Sell me."
Side by side with his daily work in the kitchen,
laundry and infirmary, Martin’s life reflected
God’s extraordinary gifts: ecstasies that lifted
him into the air, light filling the room where
he prayed, bilocation, miraculous knowledge,
instantaneous cures and a remarkable
rapport with animals. His charity extended to
beasts of the field and even to the vermin of
the kitchen. He would excuse the raids of
mice and rats on the grounds that they were
underfed; he kept stray cats and dogs at his
sister’s house.
He became a formidable fundraiser, obtaining
thousands of dollars for dowries for poor
girls so that they could marry or enter a
convent.
Many of his fellow religious took him as their
spiritual director, but he continued to call
himself a "poor slave." He was a good friend
of another Dominican saint of Peru, Rose of
Lima (August 23).

Humility Is The Pride Of Greatness.

IF YOU APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK OF GOD'
YOUR PARISH PRIEST IS DOING;
make a SHOUT-OUT to him."

"Apart from the Cross, there is no other way
of getting to Heaven."

St. Rose of Lima

They always said Africa was a wild place.
In the late 19th century, stories of Africa’s
extreme landscapes, its hidden wealth
and mysterious people made it an almost
mythical world. But most of all: it’s iconic
animals – great migrations of wildebeest,
prides of lion marauding the
savannahs, elephant herds moving like
boulders across the horizons – captured
the imagination.
Even African football teams, a pastime
that has never failed to ignite excitement
and fervour among the inhabitants of the
continent, took on the names of iconic
wild animals to represent a symbol of
national pride, such as: the Elephants of
Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon’s Indomitable
Lions, the DRC’s Leopards and the
Angolan Black Antelopes.
Only animals play football in africa *Lions of cameroon *Elaphants of cote D'ivoire *Super eagles of Nigeria *Squirrels of Benin *Republic Hawks of Togo *Eagles of Mali *Atlas Lions of morocco *Stallions of burkina faso *Teranga Lions of senegal *Scorpions of Rwanda...Jeeeez ...Lol *Walya Antelopes of ethiopia *the carthage eagles of Tunisia...Nawa oooo They also gat funny names like Bafana Bafana of South Africa...come onnnn...wats dat....Lol chipolopolo of Zambia...Mhennn n....see name and pharoahs of Egypt.

Syncan: Today lets have some remarkable quotes, relating to Purgatory, from the scriptures or from the saints and church fathers.

Saint John Marie Vianney
"I come to tell you that they suffer in
Purgatory, that they weep, and that
they demand with urgent cries the help
of your prayers and your good works. I
seem to hear them crying from the
depths of those fires which devour
them: "Tell our loved ones, tell our
children, tell all our relatives how great
the evils are which they are making us
suffer. We throw ourselves at their feet
to implore the help of their prayers. Ah!
Tell them that since we have been
separated from them, we have been
here burning in the flames!"
"Yet how quickly we could empty
purgatory if we but really wished to."
"Consider then...the magnitude of these
sufferings which the souls in Purgatory
endure; and the means which we have
of mitigating them: our prayers, our
good works, and, above all, the holy
sacrifice of the Mass."
"The Church, to which Jesus Christ
promised the guidance of the Holy
Ghost and which, consequently, can
neither be mistaken herself nor mislead
us, teaches us about Purgatory in a
very clear and positive manner. It is
certain, very certain, that there is a
place where the souls of the just
complete the expiation of their sins
before being admitted to the glory of
Paradise, which is assured them."
"The fire of Purgatory is the same as
the fire of Hell; the difference between
them is that the fire of Purgatory is not
everlasting."
"How dearly we shall pay for all those
faults that we look upon as nothing at
all, like those little lies that we tell to
amuse ourselves, those little scandals,
the despising of the graces which God
gives us at every moment, those little
murmurings in the difficulties that He
sends us!"
"What years of Purgatory will there be
for those Christians who have no
difficulty at all in deferring their prayers
to another time on the excuse of
having to do some pressing work! If
we really desired the happiness of
possessing God, we should avoid the
little faults as well as the big ones, since
separation from God is so frightful a
torment to all these poor souls!"
"We must say many prayers for the
souls of the faithful departed, for one
must be so pure to enter heaven."

Syncan: Amen, Amen. God bless you bro. Yes it is the end of the month...and the series as well. Hence to ensure the participation of all in this last class, as well as to usher in All saints day, the question will go thus: With the exception of Jesus and Mary, should God decide to give you an hour, with one of our elder sisters or brothers now with him, which will you request for and why?

st. Maximilan of Kolbe Priest, Angel qnd Martyr.
Cos Jst has Jesus Christ died For Us, he opted for death to save a fellow human being.
He is also an intercessor.
I want him to intercede on our behalf.

Why the month of november is a very special month in the calendar of the catholic church.
Facts about November - Traditions including All Saints Day and All Souls Day
www.projectbritain.com/year/november.htm

they Sold Their Birth Right just for 4k very bad

woky: Amen and you too

thank you sir

As the month ends today: May you say bye to
every negative happening that happen in
October, and may the Lord shower you with
new blessings this November: may no regrets
or disappointments come your way next
month in the Mighty Name of Jesus. Amen