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Carlosein:
ebos the chief fbi detective, u have gadgets like inspector gadgets that can copy pples phone no.s without being there abi? ok o.

hw far with your chopping forex!

E no surprise you?     ebos ebos i hail    na u biko

ebos:
You see how you described me well. Is it not possible to contact one of you and from the person get other people's numbers? Maybe, you have forgotten that some of you posted numbers here and ebos might have called one of the numbers and the person might have given me all your numbers. The person might decide to keep it secret just the way I want it. Is it not possible?

But Ebos was not around when these numbers where being distributed or was he?

ebos:
Oby, I have your number stored in my set. Don't worry, you will see MTN or Land-line that may call you today.

na for dream    because e like sey u b Joseph, is very possible.

ebos:
Oby, I called them but Viee said she has busy with her job. Lawyer said, many clients trying to hook him. As for Pamperme, she asked me if Carlosein didn't explain her reason to us.

Calosein, Forex is still dealing with me today. Just check my single loss for today being attached. 266 dollars and that is over 30 thousand naira and I still have other losses on presently. Though, I believe it will be ok toward evening time. The red is the loss. Just scroll to your left and right.

i no believe, if you have viee's, lawyer and pamperme's no. then you must have every other person including mine, which you don't have. Na him b sey na lie

Carlosein:
oby, i been done forget no mind me.

ebos oya d ball is in your court play it and give report.

so oby which kind surgery u been do?

ok, it was at the uppermost part of my arm, not serious though.

Carlosein:
ebos simple amala u can not write na wa for you.

you come show face today, hope u go overtake forex soon before the day is over.

help me call viee, lawyer and even pam make them come show face o and make us feel them.

Carlos na who you sey make e call viee, lawyer and pam? Ebos? even you ebos give u him number talkless to get another person number Ebos i lie? To prove me wrong, make the calls and give us confirmation

Carlosein:
oby which surgery you go do? i hope it's not to increase the size of your stomach so u can take more of ebos's rice. LOL
nwys thank God it went well, and may the mantle of our Lady of Carmel continue to be over and around you forever.

Lindiwe how now. hope all's well.

ebos u done go tour of duty of Lebanon again abi na forex dey deal with you now!!!

no need to increase am, as e dey now e fit contain whatever qty ebos is ready to give out.

Today's Saint

St. Francis Solano (1549-1610)

Francis came from a leading family in Andalusia, Spain. Perhaps it was his popularity as a student that enabled Francis in his teens to stop two duelists. He entered the Friars Minor in 1570, and after ordination enthusiastically sacrificed himself for others. His care for the sick during an epidemic drew so much admiration that he became embarrassed and asked to be sent to the African missions. Instead he was sent to South America in 1589.

While working in what is now Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, Francis quickly learned the local languages and was well received by the indigenous peoples. His visits to the sick often included playing a song on his violin.

Around 1601 he was called to Lima, Peru, where he tried to recall the Spanish colonists to their baptismal integrity. Francis also worked to defend the indigenous peoples from oppression. He died in Lima and was canonized in 1726.

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"When Francis Solano was about to die, one of the friars asked him, 'Father, when God takes you to heaven remember me when you enter the everlasting kingdom.' With joy Francis answered, 'It is true, I am going to heaven but this is so because of the merits of the passion and death of Christ; I am the greatest of sinners. When I reach our homeland, I will be your good friend'" (contemporary biography of St. Francis Solano).

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
Make many acts of love, for they set the soul on fire and make it gentle. Whatever you do, offer it up to God, and pray it may be for his honour and glory. ST. TERESA OF AVILA

Lindiwe:
Oh dear! oby good to hear your surgery was a success!
didn't even know you were preparing for one, i would have intensified my prayers for you

all glory to God!
hope you're doing great now!
you're surely a strong lady oh!

cheers dear!

More than strong, God be praised. Thank for your prayer either intensified or not worked greatly in healing me.

You all should help me thank God for a successful surgery.

Viee how are you doing, we miss you o

kingud:
please dear room, am seriously dying of heart attack, please i wrote this past Jamb and my score is 181 i was not qualified for the school post jam that is coming on 28th of this month, please is there any thing which i can do to get addimision into the school? the name of the school is university of lagos, this is my cell phone number 08037680311 incase of any solution to this problem am having please dear freinds, brother, sister,uncles and siblings please help me, out

Thanks for your co-operation and consideration

please help me to forward to whosoever that you know that can render solution to this my problem, may God also help you in what ever you re doing, this my email Address

That is to say your cut-off mark is not upto what they need. My suggestion is go in for another Jamb and work harder and above all pray harder for a good grade or better still you go in for part-time.

Lindiwe:
nay! not at all! it was just a naughty coincidence
I'll be back to lag this week, though we ain't done in Bayelsa yet!

cheers all!

Ok o, i believe.

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
I will say of the cross what an Eastern proverb says of patience: it is a tree with bitter roots, but sweet flowers and fruits.  Find sweetness in doing everything in the will of the Lord.  BLESSED JOHN XXIII

Today's Saint

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah (northern Israel) in the 12th century. They had a chapel dedicated to Our Lady. By the 13th century they became known as “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” They soon celebrated a special Mass and Office in honor of Mary. In 1726 it became a celebration of the universal Church under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. For centuries the Carmelites have seen themselves as specially related to Mary. Their great saints and theologians have promoted devotion to her and often championed the mystery of her Immaculate Conception.

St. Teresa of Avila called Carmel “the Order of the Virgin.” St. John of the Cross credited Mary with saving him from drowning as a child, leading him to Carmel and helping him escape from prison. St. Theresa of the Child Jesus believed that Mary cured her from illness. On her First Communion she dedicated her life to Mary. During the last days of her life she frequently spoke of Mary.

There is a tradition (which may not be historical) that Mary appeared to St. Simon Stock, a leader of the Carmelites, and gave him a scapular, telling him to promote devotion to it. The scapular is a modified version of Mary’s own garment. It symbolizes her special protection and calls the wearers to consecrate themselves to her in a special way. Obviously, no magic way of salvation is intended. Rather, the scapular is a reminder of the gospel call to prayer and penance—a call that Mary models in a splendid way.

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“The various forms of piety toward the Mother of God, which the Church has approved within the limits of sound and orthodox doctrine, according to the dispositions and understanding of the faithful, ensure that while the mother is honored, the Son through whom all things have their being (cf. Colossians 1:15–16) and in whom it has pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell (cf. Colossians 1:19) is rightly known, loved and glorified and his commandments are observed” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 66).

Carlos can we know where pamperme is?

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
Jesus, I feel within me a great desire to please you, but, at the same time, I feel totally incapable of doing this without your special light and help, which I can expect only from you.  Accomplish your will within me-even in spite of me.  ST. CLAUDE DE LA COLOMBIERE.

St. Benedict (480?-543)


It is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised measureless influence on monasticism in the West. Benedict is well recognized in the later Dialogues of St. Gregory, but these are sketches to illustrate miraculous elements of his career.

Benedict was born of a distinguished family in central Italy, studied at Rome and early in life was drawn to the monastic life. At first he became a hermit, leaving a depressing world—pagan armies on the march, the Church torn by schism, people suffering from war, morality at a low ebb.

He soon realized that he could not live a hidden life in a small town any better than in a large city, so he withdrew to a cave high in the mountains for three years. Some monks chose him as their leader for a while, but found his strictness not to their taste. Still, the shift from hermit to community life had begun for him. He had an idea of gathering various families of monks into one “Grand Monastery” to give them the benefit of unity, fraternity, permanent worship in one house. Finally he began to build what was to become one of the most famous monasteries in the world—Monte Cassino, commanding three narrow valleys running toward the mountain.

The Rule that gradually developed prescribed a life of liturgical prayer, study, manual labor and living together in community under a common father (abbot). Benedictine asceticism is known for its moderation, and Benedictine charity has always shown concern for the people in the surrounding countryside. In the course of the Middle Ages, all monasticism in the West was gradually brought under the Rule of St. Benedict.

Today the Benedictine family is represented by two branches: the Benedictine Federation and the Cistercians.

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“Rightly, then, the liturgy is considered as an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ. In the liturgy the sanctification of man is manifested by signs perceptible to the senses, ; in the liturgy full public worship is performed by the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, that is, by the Head and his members.
“From this it follows that every liturgical celebration, because it is an action of Christ the priest and of his Body the Church, is a sacred action, surpassing all others” (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 7).

Lindiwe:
hey my peeps,
Glory to Jesus, !

honestly I didn’t mean to disappear just like that
well I’m back to the thread, and for good this time around

I can see everyone is doing just fine!

ebos, I’m glad to hear your mum is responding to treatment now.

oby God bless you for the steady update on the Saint for the day…you too much!

carl you haven’t told us what’s goin on between you and pam oh

lady, keep up the good work, Our Lady is proud of you!

Viee, ‘sup abeg try show face small!

Cheers all,
enjoy the day because it’s Friday!

My sis you are back, i was wondering if you and viee plan it together to stay away. Glad to have you back _{is it back to Lagos?}

Today's Saint

St. Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727)  

Veronica’s desire to be like Christ crucified was answered with the stigmata.

Veronica was born in Mercatelli. It is said that when her mother Benedetta was dying she called her five daughters to her bedside and entrusted each of them to one of the five wounds of Jesus. Veronica was entrusted to the wound below Christ’s heart.

At the age of 17, Veronica joined the Poor Clares directed by the Capuchins. Her father had wanted her to marry, but she convinced him to allow her to become a nun. In her first years in the monastery, she worked in the kitchen, infirmary, sacristy and served as portress. At the age of 34, she was made novice mistress, a position she held for 22 years. When she was 37, Veronica received the stigmata. Life was not the same after that.

Church authorities in Rome wanted to test Veronica’s authenticity and so conducted an investigation. She lost the office of novice mistress temporarily and was not allowed to attend Mass except on Sundays or holy days. Through all of this Veronica did not become bitter, and the investigation eventually restored her as novice mistress.

Though she protested against it, at the age of 56 she was elected abbess, an office she held for 11 years until her death. Veronica was very devoted to the Eucharist and to the Sacred Heart. She offered her sufferings for the missions. Veronica was canonized in 1839.

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Thomas of Celano says of Francis: "All the pleasures of the world were a cross to him, because he carried the cross of Christ rooted in his heart. And therefore the stigmata shone forth exteriorly in his flesh, because interiorly that deeply set root was sprouting forth from his mind"

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
There can be no perfect virtue, none that bears fruit, unless it be exercised by means of our neighbor. ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA.

i'm off home now ebos, talk 2u you tomorrow, take care and keep your eyes on that stock don't allow them to hit you at all, but hit them hard. Good luck

but you are hitting them now, which means you can make up the loss if you hit on

ebos:
I no get anything to worry. In fact, e bi na say na me the harmer forex these days. Since Monday last week, na yesterday I record one but heavy loss. But all the same, na me dey hit forex now.

Carry go! Carlosein go happy to hear this one, enough chop chop for guys

ebos:
You nkwanu wey show small face come dey yab, how soon?

don't worry u go no how soon if you no concentrate very well for your forex deal

Today's Saint

St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions (17th-20th centuries) 


Christianity arrived in China by way of Syria in the 600s. Depending on China's relations with the outside world, Christianity over the centuries was free to grow or was forced to operate secretly.

The 120 martyrs in this group died between 1648 and 1930. Most of them (87) were born in China and were children, parents, catechists or laborers, ranging from nine years of age to 72. This group includes four Chinese diocesan priests.

The 33 foreign-born martyrs were mostly priests or women religious, especially from the Order of Preachers, the Paris Foreign Mission Society, the Friars Minor, Jesuits, Salesians and Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.

Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese solider who accompanied Bishop John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (Paris Foreign Mission Society) to his martyrdom in Beijing. Augustine was baptized and not long after was ordained as a diocesan priest. He was martyred in 1815.

Beatified in groups at various times, these 120 martyrs were canonized in Rome on October 1, 2000.

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A year after these martyrs were canonized, Pope John Paul II addressed a group of Chinese and Western scholars, gathered in Rome for a symposium honoring the 400th anniversary of the arrival in Beijing of Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit scholar and Chinese intellectual.
After noting the positive contributions that Christianity had made to China, especially in health care and education, Pope John Paul II continued: “History, however, reminds us of the unfortunate fact that the work of members of the church in China was not always without error, the bitter fruit of their personal limitations and of the limits of their action. Moreover, their action was often conditioned by difficult situations connected with complex historical events and conflicting political interests. Nor were theological disputes lacking, which caused bad feelings and created serious difficulties in preaching the Gospel….

“I feel deep sadness for these errors and limits of the past, and I regret that in many people these failings may have given the impression of a lack of respect and esteem for the Chinese people on the part of the Catholic Church, making them feel that the church was motivated by feelings of hostility toward China. For all of this I ask the forgiveness and understanding of those who may have felt hurt in some way by such actions on the part of Christians.”

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
Let's work for heaven: all the rest is nothing. ST. BERNADETTE SOUBIRIOUS.

Carlosein:
@lady
LOL maybe it's time you went and produced yours then (na yams ).

nwys, have a great day and stay blessed .

ibeg o my people, where is viee?/
shey wimbledon never end abi na which kind work u dey work wey u no fit come hia ngwa explain o!

pam, what's up?

I wonder o even Lindiwe too is no wir to be found.

ebos:
these guys cannot show face

You nko wey show face, how far

~Lady~:
Lol. I am so honoured. When my uncle told me I just couldn't stop screaming. I didn't even let him finish. I accepted before he asked. It was funny really.

This is such a joy for me. Looking at all I've been through, this is just a light for me. It really is even more amazing because he was married to a woman who was horrible towards him and disgraced him at every chance she got and blamed him for not being able to conceive and look he remarried and the baby will be born in less than a month. It is a miracle.
This is the year of babies in my life. My aunt who's had many miscarriages got a baby boy as a gift from God after over 10 years of marriage. My cousin is having twins, my friend's brother is having a baby.
A new friend I just made is having a baby, another friend is having a baby.

My goodness, I am just surrounded with baby producing people.

How lucky you are, congratulation! Soon it will be yours

Today's Saint

Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions (1804-1860) 

Not much is known of the early life of Emmanuel Ruiz, but details of his heroic death in defense of the faith have come down to us.

Born of humble parents in Santander, Spain, he became a Franciscan priest and served as a missionary in Damascus. This was at a time when anti-Christian riots shook Syria and thousands lost their lives in just a short time.

Among these were Emmanuel, superior of the Franciscan convent, seven other friars and three laymen. When a menacing crowd came looking for the men, they refused to renounce their faith and become Muslims. The men were subjected to horrible tortures before their martyrdom.

Emmanuel, his brother Franciscans and the three Maronite laymen were beatified in 1926 by Pope Pius XI.

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
Blessed is the servant who safeguards the secrets of the Lord in her heart. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ebos:
Hey guys!

Oby and Carlosein, my server no gree connect again yesterday. Na him make me go offline.

Lawyer,

Carlosein na moon but u be him twin (onwa)

kpele o! but e don good naw abi?

~Lady~:
Girl things are very expensive in the US. o. I thought it was expensive before, what I am seeing now ehn, my jaws drop to the floor. With the natural disasters and price of energy food is now a luxury. I will be lucky to eat plantain or veggies with my rice and stew.

But I have great news. [b]I found the phone. I said the St. Anthony of Padua prayer and I found the phone. Turns out I left it in class and my professor saw it.[/b]So thank God.

LOLOLOL. Oh I wish mine was #500

LOLOLOL. Can you do me a favour and send the other piece to me. I will help you out I promise you won't have to spend so much time eating the whole suya. I will be your help.

I MISS SUYAAAAAA!!!!!!

Wow! thank God, God is good.

lawyer:
If carlosein na moon, wetin Me come be?

@Lady

Sorry o for the phone, its a shame, hope u get over it soon, its quite expensive and i know the feeling, my own no reach $599 but e reach #500 and e worry me for 6 months, lol

Meanwhile i buy Suya for main road today and i de chop only one piece for almost 2 hours, una sure say no be blanket these aboki use pepper cover come sell am as Suya for me?

Lawyer! wir for this Naija u fit get phone of N500, even though na from area boys

Today's Saint

St. Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336)


Elizabeth is usually depicted in royal garb with a dove or an olive branch. At her birth in 1271, her father, Pedro III, future king of Aragon, was reconciled with his father, James, the reigning monarch. This proved to be a portent of things to come. Under the healthful influences surrounding her early years, she quickly learned self-discipline and acquired a taste for spirituality. Thus fortunately prepared, she was able to meet the challenge when, at the age of 12, she was given in marriage to Denis, king of Portugal. She was able to establish for herself a pattern of life conducive to growth in God’s love, not merely through her exercises of piety, including daily Mass, but also through her exercise of charity, by which she was able to befriend and help pilgrims, strangers, the sick, the poor—in a word, all those whose need came to her notice. At the same time she remained devoted to her husband, whose infidelity to her was a scandal to the kingdom.

He too was the object of many of her peace endeavors. She long sought peace for him with God, and was finally rewarded when he gave up his life of sin. She repeatedly sought and effected peace between the king and their rebellious son, Alfonso, who thought that he was passed over to favor the king’s illegitimate children. She acted as peacemaker in the struggle between Ferdinand, king of Aragon, and his cousin James, who claimed the crown. And finally from Coimbra, where she had retired as a Franciscan tertiary to the monastery of the Poor Clares after the death of her husband, she set out and was able to bring about a lasting peace between her son Alfonso, now king of Portugal, and his son-in-law, the king of Castile.