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ebos:
Oby, see u tomorrow. Need to see someone now.

see ya then

ebos:
Something that will work out now should replace it. Hope too take time now We want now and now.

sharp sharp miracle, receive it naw naw naw

if no b hope, what else? abi e get another word wey fit replace am

ebos:
How can this very one be from my PC? I can post here. I f I cannot post, then I blame network but I can post. Meanwhile, my PC is less than 6 months old.

Lets just hope it will regularize, since it has not been acting that way before and its just a baby PC.

ebos:
With God, our future is bright but the problem with today's trading is the constant hanging of the market or chart movement. I don't know if I will blame the Broker's site or Network. For 15 mins now, I can't tell market position. At times, we witness no hanging but sometimes it become worst like today.

Are you sure is not from your system? At times the system can b so funny.

ebos:
Na kweshun, na you and Carlosein fit answer it.

Forex is good yesterday and today.

Thank God, the future is bright very soon it will be call for celebration

ebos:
Me dey mark register or I dey contribute?

That wan na question and na who go answer am?
Bros Oh! Bros how trading? hope you have covered the loss so far.

Carlosein:
vi dey lika this, lika that.

shey ebos no go come mark register today? see pamperme come here after we left y/day.
that is good o!

This wan pass nite crawler

Carlosein:
i dey my sis, and you?

Not bad at all, God is so faithful. How is VI?

MEDITATION OF THE DAY
Today the Catholic Church honors St. Martha-the same Martha who received Jesus with great hospitality into her home at Bethany.  Now, grieving at the death of her brother, Lazarus, she seemingly hesitated to ask for that which seemed impossible to human reasoning-for Jesus to return him from the dead (John 11 : 21 - 22 ).  Martha had come to know Jesus intimately, and from that knowledge her faith in him had grown.  She was certain that he would be faithful to his promises and so she treasured the hope of eternal life (John 11 : 24 ).  This closeness with Jesus is not reserved for a favored few; each of us has been called to this relationship through his incarnation, death and resurrection.

Our relationship with the Lord should touch and determine the everyday realities of our lives.  He ought to be Lord of our hopes and plans, our thoughts and words, our relationships, of all that is involved in our existence.  He wants us to know him deeply, to experience his love and faithfulness.  Let us not allow his summons to go unanswered.

St. Martha the patron saint of servants and cooks, pray for us.

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.  BLESSED JULIAN OF NORWICH.

bros, i trowey salute. How r u doing?

ebos:
See them, look them – they are coming just to say hi and continue the sabbatical leave. Viee you disappeared just like that and we virtually reported to the police about a missing person.


Pamperme is also promising not to be regular.

Oby, Carlosein and Lindiwe even ebos – At least, we are trying our best to keep the thread going. Lawyer has nullified Governor Agagu's election. I think he can now show face to say hi to us.

Ebos you wey dey talk which time you just finish your own sabbatical leave, your leave wey almost reach one year

Carlosein:
ewooo what am i seeing, viee you? thank God for you o! glad you are finally around.

and double ewooo , pam dearest you too? well am i sure glad to read this.

welcome back from limbo.

missed you guys.

The one is more than ewoooooo as if viee and pamperme planned it together

Today's Saint

St. Leopold Mandic (1887-1942)


Western Christians who are working for greater dialogue with Orthodox Christians may be reaping the fruits of Father Leopold’s prayers.

A native of Croatia, Leopold joined the Capuchin Franciscans and was ordained several years later in spite of several health problems. He could not speak loudly enough to preach publicly. For many years he also suffered from severe arthritis, poor eyesight and a stomach ailment.

Leopold taught patrology, the study of the Church Fathers, to the clerics of his province for several years, but he is best known for his work in the confessional, where he sometimes spent 13-15 hours a day. Several bishops sought out his spiritual advice.

Leopold’s dream was to go to the Orthodox Christians and work for the reunion of Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. His health never permitted it. Leopold often renewed his vow to go to the Eastern Christians; the cause of unity was constantly in his prayers.

At a time when Pope Pius XII said that the greatest sin of our time is "to have lost all sense of sin," Leopold had a profound sense of sin and an even firmer sense of God’s grace awaiting human cooperation.

Leopold, who lived most of his life in Padua, died on July 30, 1942, and was canonized in 1982.

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Leopold used to repeat to himself: “Remember that you have been sent for the salvation of people, not because of your own merits, since it is the Lord Jesus and not you who died for the salvation of souls, I must cooperate with the divine goodness of our Lord who has deigned to choose me so that by my ministry, the divine promise would be fulfilled: ‘There will be only one flock and one shepherd’” (John 10:16).

Lindiwe:
im kuku waka comot, lol

it's been a great day folks!
have a grand weekend

u dey mind am.

yes o and enjoy yourself especially in the presence of God.

As e no meet anyone wetin e come do

who be come here now?

Today's Saint

St. James the Greater


This James is the brother of John the Evangelist. The two were called by Jesus as they worked with their father in a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had already called another pair of brothers from a similar occupation: Peter and Andrew. “He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him” (Mark 1:19-20).

James was one of the favored three who had the privilege of witnessing the Transfiguration, the raising to life of the daughter of Jairus and the agony in Gethsemani.

Two incidents in the Gospels describe the temperament of this man and his brother. St. Matthew tells that their mother came (Mark says it was the brothers themselves) to ask that they have the seats of honor (one on the right, one on the left of Jesus) in the kingdom. “Jesus said in reply, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?’ They said to him, ‘We can’” (Matthew 20:22). Jesus then told them they would indeed drink the cup and share his baptism of pain and death, but that sitting at his right hand or left was not his to give—it “is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father” (Matthew 20:23b). It remained to be seen how long it would take to realize the implications of their confident “We can!”

The other disciples became indignant at the ambition of James and John. Then Jesus taught them all the lesson of humble service: The purpose of authority is to serve. They are not to impose their will on others, or lord it over them. This is the position of Jesus himself. He was the servant of all; the service imposed on him was the supreme sacrifice of his own life.

On another occasion, James and John gave evidence that the nickname Jesus gave them—“sons of thunder”—was an apt one. The Samaritans would not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to hated Jerusalem. “When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?’ Jesus turned and rebuked them, ” (Luke 9:54-55).

James was apparently the first of the apostles to be martyred. “About that time King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them. He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword, and when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he proceeded to arrest Peter also” (Acts 12:1-3a).

This James, sometimes called James the Greater, is not to be confused with the author of the Letter of James and the leader of the Jerusalem community.

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“, Christ the Lord, in whom the entire revelation of the most high God is summed up (see 2 Corinthians 1:20; 3:16–4:6), having fulfilled in his own person and promulgated with his own lips the Gospel promised by the prophets, commanded the apostles to preach it to everyone as the source of all saving truth and moral law, communicating God’s gifts to them. This was faithfully done: it was done by the apostles who handed on, by oral preaching, by their example, by their dispositions, what they themselves had received—whether from the lips of Christ, from his way of life and his works, or by coming to know it through the prompting of the Holy Spirit” (Constitution on Divine Revelation, 7).

ebos:
You may be speaking Latin to her. Forex simply mean bush. I hope she can understand it now?

Wedding? Sure, soon but I can't tell when. I'm even encouraging you and Oby to go into it.

Better person, do your own first

ebos:
Oby, I have said it before, go and learn forex now. You have internet available, so I don't know what you are waiting for.

@May-kelly,

Which one be ole here? Na who dey steel

i wish i can.

ebos:
Forex can shock person in any slightest mistake. Yesterday was something else.

Forex is interesting, but risky.

ebos:
I'm trying to recover yesterday loss. At least, I have recovered half of the loss today and still hope to recover 2/3 of it. It was a big loss yesterday.

I trust you to recover the loss just keep your fingers crossed.

Lindiwe:
Carl and Oby,
how're you guys doing!

yeah i'm still in Lag and i'm liking every bit of it!

Maykelly,
that was a pretty long article,
didn't even know where to start reading it from
your opening statement just put me off, since i'm neither a muslim nor do i have a chinese background

@all
Have yourself a great day!

Remember,
The fervent and diligent man is ready for all things
He that shuns not small defects little by little, falls into greater ones!
You will always be glad in the evening if you spend the day profitably!!

Sure and may God give us the Grace to overcome all.

convenient

Fas

heb

tone

it might ruin your day.

happy

Carlosein:
hi lindiwe, miss you too.

nice to know you r still around.

where is lady, come let's feel your presence now.

That reminds me, lady how is the health of your Parish Priest now.

Lindiwe:
my people, una too much!
i miss una no bi small!

i'm fine and flood is over,
i'm still around oh!

cheers all

I miss u too sweetheart
Are you still in Lagos? or you've gone back.

Today's Saint
St. Sharbel Makhlouf (1828-1898)

Although this saint never traveled far from the Lebanese village of Beka-Kafra, where he was born, his influence has spread widely.

Joseph Zaroun Maklouf was raised by an uncle because his father, a mule driver, died when Joseph was only three. At the age of 23, Joseph joined the Monastery of St. Maron at Annaya, Lebanon, and took the name Sharbel in honor of a second-century martyr. He professed his final vows in 1853 and was ordained six years later.

Following the example of the fifth-century St. Maron, Sharbel lived as a hermit from 1875 until his death. His reputation for holiness prompted people to seek him to receive a blessing and to be remembered in his prayers. He followed a strict fast and was very devoted to the Blessed Sacrament. When his superiors occasionally asked him to administer the sacraments to nearby villages, Sharbel did so gladly.

He died in the late afternoon on Christmas Eve. Christians and non-Christians soon made his tomb a place of pilgrimage and of cures. Pope Paul VI beatified him in 1965 and canonized him in 1977.

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When Sharbel was canonized in 1977, Bishop Francis Zayek, head the U.S. Diocese of St. Maron, wrote a pamphlet entitled “A New Star of the East.” Bishop Zayek wrote: “St. Sharbel is called the second St. Anthony of the Desert, the Perfume of Lebanon, the first Confessor of the East to be raised to the Altars according to the actual procedure of the Catholic Church, the honor of our Aramaic Antiochian Church, and the model of spiritual values and renewal. Sharbel is like a Cedar of Lebanon standing in eternal prayer, on top of a mountain.”
The bishop noted that Sharbel's canonization plus other beatification cases prove “that the Aramaic Maronite Antiochian Church is indeed a living branch of the Catholic Church and is intimately connected with the trunk, who is Christ, our Savior, the beginning and the end of all things.”

Carlosein:
Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1
Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13

This word of the LORD came to me:
Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear!

I remember the devotion of your youth,
how you loved me as a bride,
Following me in the desert,
in a land unsown.
Sacred to the LORD was Israel,
the first fruits of his harvest;
Should any presume to partake of them,
evil would befall them, says the LORD.

When I brought you into the garden land
to eat its goodly fruits,
You entered and defiled my land,
you made my heritage loathsome.
The priests asked not,
“Where is the LORD?”
Those who dealt with the law knew me not:
the shepherds rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,
and went after useless idols.

Be amazed at this, O heavens,
and shudder with sheer horror, says the LORD.
Two evils have my people done:
they have forsaken me, the source of living waters;
They have dug themselves cisterns,
broken cisterns, that hold no water.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 36:6-7ab, 8-9, 10-11

R. (10a) With you is the fountain of life, O Lord.
O LORD, your mercy reaches to heaven;
your faithfulness, to the clouds.
Your justice is like the mountains of God;
your judgments, like the mighty deep.
R. With you is the fountain of life, O Lord
How precious is your mercy, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They have their fill of the prime gifts of your house;
from your delightful stream you give them to drink.
R. With you is the fountain of life, O Lord.
For with you is the fountain of life,
and in your light we see light.
Keep up your mercy toward your friends,
your just defense of the upright of heart.
R. With you is the fountain of life, O Lord.

[b]Gospel
Mt 13:10-17

The disciples approached Jesus and said,
“Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?”
He said to them in reply,
“Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven
has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.
To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich;
from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
This is why I speak to them in parables, because
they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.
Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:

You shall indeed hear but not understand,
you shall indeed look but never see.
Gross is the heart of this people,
they will hardly hear with their ears,
they have closed their eyes,
lest they see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts and be converted
and I heal them.

“But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” [/b]

MEDITATION OF THE DAY
The greatest proportion of what we know about the world we live in is received through our senses of sight and hearing. When it comes to perceiving the kingdom of God, however, we can be spiritually deaf and blind. Our ability to hear and see God was seriously impaired when our first parents chose to be disobedient. As sin ruled people's thoughts, their understanding became darkened. Through Jesus, our ability to communicate with God was restored. It is by faith in that death and resurrection of Jesus that we receive back what was lost through sin, namely, our intimate relationship with our Creator. When we read in the scripture, "Blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears, for they hear" (Matt. 13 : 16), it refers not so much to our bodily sensory abilities as to our heart and mind, the seat of our understanding and the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God speaks to hearts and opens our mind to see that is, understanding God's will for us. If we ask the Holy Spirit to open our eyes and our ears to receive wisdom from God, we will be blessed generously (James 1 : 5). If we humble ourselves and pray, we will experience the power of God changing us. No longer will we see only our tangible, physical surroundings, but we will possess a deeper vision which perceives the very mind of Christ. Our lives as Christains require not only a close but a growing relationship with God. As we become persistent and consistent in our prayer life, our minds will come to recognize more surely the voice of God when he speaks to us and to distinguish God's voice from our own desires or the voice of Satan.

PRAYER
"Holy Spirit, there are many obtacles in my life and my environment which prevent me from hearing the Lord in prayer. Often I desire only the things of the world, rather than a deeper knowledge of God. Give me eyes and ears of faith to understand the magnitude of God's love in sending Jesus into the world to die for my sins. Help me to learn to recognize the voice of God. I want to be numbered among those who hear, see and respond to him."