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ebos:
Could you imagine this kain tin wey these people dey talk for here? Viee say make I go dey search for phone nos. for this thread. Where i go start and where I go stop searching? Na wao! Again, una do Birthday, come meet together but nobody be tell me. I dey for Lagos for over 2 weeks. You guys dey do me play play. All of una don meet but come deny me from meeting una.

Oby,

At least, all of una wey post pictures here, my own better, Carlosein na just him jaw, Oby na the same chin she post, but Viee, wetin I go talk? She no even post anything. Lawyer, well he quickly removed it.

Wir we wan see u tell u, when no ph. no, search search and search no where to be found.  Ok, now u wan leave again gv ph. no. u sey no again

Pix issue is by the way because i knw sey even if we talk from now till who knws ebos can never post any pix _{onye ofe mmanu}

lawyer:
Una don start to de yab me again! Shey na b'because i de look una from back ground, una come think say i no de read una yans. Oby shebi na me u de say i better pass ebos b'because say i de fear knock out? Ok no worry, that gbe-ge una de find una go see am. Anyways happy st.patrick day! If i no even remember any patron saint day, i go remember this one b'because my primary school (Nazareth primary school Festac) was filled with Irish nuns and every saint patrick day was a mini holiday for us and since st.patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, Rice de boku plenty that day.

I miss the Chicken sha!

But na true na afterall i no dey nir u wey i go fear

Carlosein no bi lie, d man like food, i pray for a nice woman wey go dey gv u good food _{sory i don forget sey pilgrim dey}  

Oby & Carlosein

d tin pass me oh!
haba! , we go steal am for fon?
nyways, Ebos abeg we don gv our fon nos, if u flip through d pages u will see sum of them
feel free to call or text any of the nos. . . .

Na Ebos u dey tell that one, even wen e see the full pix that was posted, still what did he post? nose

guys, gotta run
wish me luck, i need am!

Good luck make sure u gv the lecturer assignment home

Carlosein:
them ask for house address u dey give area name u be real 419,

ahan. na wa for you o!

I don see who lawyer better pass, if Ebos dey shake to release his phone no. na him b sey knock-out go b another case wir e dey

Carlosein:
i smell jealousy o, the green eyed monster is around.

pampam, singing: let them say-elenu lolenu

This one pass serious o

Una no gree find the wife and me don wait tire. As for giving of house address, nothing wrong with it now

House address when comon phone no. u dey shake to release am

Viee dey ooo, Ebos wassup!
Lebanon ke?
chei! naw i regret not gettn u a wifey! if to say we get u one, i sure say u for stay in Naija with her and us  
what a failed project

See that kin thing  

Oby thnx for the call ooo and i don report kia kia. . . . .
the mention of Lebanon woke me up!!!

who e bi wey know go wake up, we still dey talk abt PH, dis time na outside kpata kpata, i tire o

actually, we all met sometime last month, on my birthday
u disappeared about that time
so now, we dnt do pix anymore, we want to see or at least talk with u
see even Pamperme don reveal her gender  _{big deal}, come dey bond with Carlos sef
so we no wan half measures now , but d whole package. . . .

Tell am, only phone no. we go fill form for am

Pamperme, hapi St Patricks day
All, hapi holy week, may our heart desires be met as we celebarate the holy week. . .  . Amen

Amen and Amen (i no go miss one day out of this blessed week by the Grace of God)

Oby before nko? imagine ooo!
no1) na only Carlosweet don ever speak with Pamperme
no2) na  Carlos fit confirm her gender
no3) she don even gv am her house church address

_{Smooth operator} abi which other name   but sha make dem try give us invitation

viee dey load for text.
Ebos release your phone no. now abi u knw trust us so far

i will gv her a call now to tell her to report hia wit immediate effect

December what a long time

ebos:
Well, just to inform you guys, if things work out the way I see it right now - I may see myself back to Lebanon anytime from now. How is the Holy Week to you all?

Lebanon? Hope the place is peaceful now. Nawao your waka these days don much o
Staying permanently or just temporarily? Talking 2 us from dir sha

Thursday, Friday and Saturday is compulsory for all 2 attend

Carlosein:
oh yes Fr. Paschal, met him one or two times and i really like him.

attended St Gabriel too when Fr. Moore was there. as for igbogila, i passed in front on saturday but didn't have time to stop by (last time i did was last year).

oby how u dey now, hope holy week is as smooth as silk?

I can see that u and pamperme r moving on smoothly, so it's now concluded that pamperme is she, abi?

I no kon understand wetin u mean by being smooth and silk, shey u don attend Holy week b4 so no bi new thing for you.

Uzzyan, Gozizi please wir r u guys

imhotep:
Just thought I might share this with you guys.

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THE DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
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The Divine Spirit

The following characteristics are general signs of the divine spirit.

1. Truth. God is truth and cannot inspire anything but truth in a soul. If a person believed to be inspired by God, therefore, maintains opinions that are manifestly against revealed truth, the infallible teaching of the Church, or proven theology or philosophy or science, it must be concluded that the individual is deluded by the devil or is the victim of excessive imagination or faulty reasoning.

2. Gravity. God is never the cause of things that are useless, futile, frivolous, or impertinent. When his spirit moves a soul it is always for something serious and beneficial.

3. Enlightenment, Although one may not always understand the meaning of an inspiration from God, the effect of any divine movement or impulse is always enlightenment and certitude rather than darkness and confusion. This is true both for the effects on the individual who receives the inspiration and its effects on others.

4. Docility. Souls that are moved by the spirit of God accept cheerfully the advice and counsel of their directors or others who have authority over them. This spirit of obedience, docility, and submission is one of the clearest signs that a particular inspiration or movement is from God. This is especially true in the case of the educated, who have a greater tendency to be attached to their own opinions.

5. Discretion. The spirit of God makes the soul discreet, prudent, and thoughtful in all its actions. There is nothing of precipitation, lightness, exaggeration, or impetuosity; all is well balanced, edifying, serious, and full of calmness and peace.

6. Humility. The Holy Spirit always fills the soul with sentiments of humility and self-effacement. The loftier the communications from on high, the more profoundly the soul inclines to the abyss of its own nothingness. Mary said, "I am the servant of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say" (Luke 1:38).

7. Peace. St. Paul speaks frequently of the peace that comes from God (Rom. 15:33, Phil. 4:9), and Jesus mentions peace as one of the manifestations of his spirit (John 14:27). This is a quality that always accompanies communications from God; the soul experiences a profound and stable serenity in the depths of its spirit.

8. Confidence in God. This is a counterpart and necessary consequence of true humility. Recognizing that of itself it can do nothing, as St. Paul says,.the soul throws itself on the power and mercy of God with a childlike trust. Then it learns that it can do all things in him (Phil. 4:13).

9. Flexibility of will. This sign consists primarily in a certain promptness of the will to subject itself to the inspirations and invitations of God. Secondarily it consists in a facility in following the advice and counsel of others, especially if they are superiors, confessors, or spiritual directors. It is opposed to the rigid and unyielding will that is characteristic of those who are filled with self-love.

10. Purity of intention. The soul seeks only the glory of God in all that it does and the perfect fulfillment of the will of God, without human interest or motivation out of self-love.

11. Patience in suffering. Suffering is frequently the best touchstone for revealing the true worth of an individual. No matter what the source of the suffering, or whether it is justly received or not, the soul bears it with patience and equanimity and uses it as a means of further perfection.

12. Self-abnegation. The words of Christ himself are sufficient evidence that this is a sign of the spirit of God: "If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me" (Matt. 16:24).

13. Simplicity. Together with veracity and sincerity, this characteristic is never lacking in those who are truly motivated by the spirit of God. Any duplicity, arrogance, hypocrisy, or vanity must be attributed rather to the spirit of the devil, the father of lies.

14. Liberty of spirit. First of all, there is no attachment to any created thing, not even to, the gifts received from God. Second, all is accepted from the hands of God with gratitude and humility, whether it be a question of consolation or trial. Third, while all duties and spiritual exercises are performed with promptness and punctuality, the soul is ready to leave even the most consoling and profitable exercise as soon as the charity of God calls it elsewhere. Liberty of spirit enables the soul to live in a state of constant joy and eagerness for the things of God.

15. Desire to imitate Christ. St. Paul says that it is impossible to have the spirit of God without having the spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9). For that reason St. John of the Cross states that the soul that aspires to perfection must have a desire to imitate Christ in all things by conforming its life as much as possible to his.

16. Disinterested love. We mean by this kind of love all the characteristics St. Paul attributes to true charity (1 Cor. 13:4-7).



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Signs of the Diabolical Spirit.
The devil may disguise himself as a good spirit and even cause what appears to be authentic mystical phenomena, it is helpful to mention briefly the various signs of the diabolical spirit.

1. Spirit of falsity. The devil is the father of lies, but he cleverly conceals his deceit by half-truths and pseudo-mystical phenomena.

2. Morbid curiosity. This is characteristic of those who eagerly seek out the esoteric aspects of mystical phenomena or have a fascination for the occult or preternatural.

3. Confusion, anxiety, and deep depression.

4. Obstinacy. One of the surest signs of a diabolical spirit.

5. Constant indiscretion and a restless spirit. Those who constantly go to extremes, as in penitential exercises or apostolic activity; or neglect their primary obligations to do some personally chosen work.

6. Spirit of pride and vanity. Very anxious to publicize their gifts of grace and mystical experiences.

7. False humility. This is the disguise for their pride and self-love.

8. Despair, lack of confidence, and discouragement. A chronic characteristic that alternates with presumption, vain security, and un-' founded optimism.

9. Disobedience and hardness of heart.

10. Impatience in suffering and stubborn resentment.

11. Uncontrolled passions and strong inclination to sensuality, usually under the guise of mystical union.

12. Hypocrisy, simulation, and duplicity.

13. Excessive attachment to sensible consolations, particularly in their practice of prayer.

14. Lack of deep devotion to Jesus and Mary

15. Scrupulous adherence to the letter of the law and fanatical zeal in promoting a cause. This characteristic readily opens the door to diabolical influence in reformers and demagogues.


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Source ---> http://www.domcentral.org/study/aumann/st/st14.htm
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Thanks for this post Imhotep, i will b entering it into my file

Good day to you all and how was the weekend.

Remember Holy week starts today we shld endeavor to attend and Happy Easter in advance

imhotep:
@Oby1

Well said. Just as evil ( and the devil) is no threat to Jesus; these threads will ultimately lead to the triumph of the Catholic church against her many enemies.

They form a classic case of 'so much motion, but no movement'.

Thank God because come rain come sunshine there is no going back, forward ever backward never

Carlosein:
@ above post,


ewoo, i did not know it was so much!

na wa! the catholic church blazes the trail anyday anytime, even in discussion
threads.

we lead others try to follow

The list long no bi small both the wan wey dem still dey compose.

Yes because the gate of hell shall never prevail against it, make the main devil come down e no fit shake am.

ebos:
Just Imagine Catholic Threads Everywhere!

1. Catholic God is Different from Great One God
2. The Truth About The Catholic Church: And Other Churches – In History
3. Was Mary Mother of Jesus Crucified?
4. Why Did Catholic Authorities Embrace the Theory of Evolution?
5. The Vatican: Could More Lives Have Been Saved From Aids In Africa with Condoms?
6. Why Don’t Catholics Pray In The Name of Jesus?
7. As The Vatican Moves Closer To The Islamist
8. Vatican Increases Number of Mortal Sins
9. Catholic Church Despite of,
10. Catholic Priests, How Good?
11. Catholics and Confession
12. Are Catholics Christians?
13. The Catholic Doctrine, Original Sin And Evolution
14. Should Catholics Priests and Nun Be Allowed To Have Sexual Relationships?
15. Roman Catholic Is Not A Church, But A Modernized Way of Idolatry? ETC

Oby, how is work?

How many u wan name e plenti, still after all these what do you get, the Church moves on from strength to strength like sey dem dey put fuel for fire.

Work is fine pushing it forward and i know u r fine also.

My hand dey for up for everybody, how una dey. I'm just cool over here doing what i know to do best
Thank God is Friday

Lawyer when you throw out one, u run into your shell again like the tortoise

Carlparm how una dey (viee remains the chief bridesmaid o), Ebos thank God u have gotten back on your feet again because i believe so, hey Viee ke kwanu, kedu nke ne me

Today's Saint

St. Maximilian (d. 295)


We have an early, precious, almost unembellished account of the martyrdom of St. Maximilian in modern-day Algeria.

Brought before the proconsul Dion, Maximilian refused enlistment in the Roman army saying, "I cannot serve, I cannot do evil. I am a Christian."

Dion replied: "You must serve or die."

Maximilian: "I will never serve. You can cut off my head, but I will not be a soldier of this world, for I am a soldier of Christ. My army is the army of God, and I cannot fight for this world. I tell you I am a Christian."

Dion: "There are Christian soldiers serving our rulers Diocletian and Maximian, Constantius and Galerius."

Maximilian: "That is their business. I also am a Christian, and I cannot serve."

Dion: "But what harm do soldiers do?"

Maximilian: "You know well enough."

Dion: "If you will not do your service I shall condemn you to death for contempt of the army."

Maximilian: "I shall not die. If I go from this earth my soul will live with Christ my Lord."

Maximilian was 21 years old when he gladly offered his life to God. His father went home from the execution site joyful, thanking God that he had been able to offer heaven such a gift.

KunleOshob:
I don't think any right thinking christian as the moral right or capacity to condem the catholic church as a lot of pentecostal christians try to do, even though i have my own reservations about the emphasis on mary (it's actually as if she is being worshipped) i believe it is just a church doctrine that is being overemphasized. I would like to remind all the so called pentecostal / born again christians out there that Christianity started with the catholic church which was founded by saint Peter ( the closest disciple to Jesus) also every other denomination which we have today originated from the catholic church, besides the bible which we depend on as chritians to guide us was also compiled by the catholic church. in essence the foundation of christianity as we have it today was laid by the catholic church. (we might not even have christianity today if not for the works done by the early christian who were all catholics to spread christianity). So a word of caution to every one out their the catholic church still remains a leading member of the body of christ. As people we like to critisize, but if you find out what is going on in a lot of mordern day pentecostal churches in the name of christianity, you would actually weep for chritianity.

I thank God who gave you those words to utter to us. 
As the saying goes "A word is enough for the wise" "He who has ears let him hear"

About Mother Mary, i wish you can call me then i will explain to you because putting it down won't be enough. (We don't worship her at all).

ebos:
@SysUser

We have agreed all you said but remember all those links and their publications were written by anti-Catholics like you. Though, I don't have such time visiting those links let alone reading them. So, you can continue to spread your false information which is born out of ignorance – again, your meagre knowledge of the bible should not be brought in the midst of Catholics.

Catholic threads everywhere on Nairaland - I can't understand why?

My server is giving me problem since yesterday even till now.

Server please cease giving ebos problem.
Ebos i greet o

Today's Saint

St. Leander of Seville (c. 550-600)


The next time you recite the Nicene Creed at Mass, think of today’s saint. For it was Leander of Seville who, as bishop, introduced the practice in the sixth century. He saw it as a way to help reinforce the faith of his people and as an antidote against the heresy of Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ. By the end of his life, Leander had helped Christianity flourish in Spain at a time of political and religious upheaval.

Leander’s own family was heavily influenced by Arianism, but he himself grew up to be a fervent Christian. He entered a monastery as a young man and spent three years in prayer and study. At the end of that tranquil period he was made a bishop. For the rest of his life he worked strenuously to fight against heresy. The death of the anti-Christian king in 586 helped Leander’s cause. He and the new king worked hand in hand to restore orthodoxy and a renewed sense of morality. Leander succeeded in persuading many Arian bishops to change their loyalties.

Leander died around 600. In Spain he is honored as a Doctor of the Church.

Today's Saint

Blessed Angela Salawa (1881-1922)

Angela served Christ and Christ’s little ones with all her strength.

Born in Siepraw, near Kraków, Poland, she was the 11th child of Bartlomiej and Ewa Salawa. In 1897, she moved to Kraków where her older sister Therese lived. Angela immediately began to gather together and instruct young women domestic workers. During World War I, she helped prisoners of war without regard for their nationality or religion. The writings of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross were a great comfort to her.

Angela gave great service in caring for soldiers wounded in World War I. After 1918 her health did not permit her to exercise her customary apostolate. Addressing herself to Christ, she wrote in her diary, "I want you to be adored as much as you were destroyed." In another place, she wrote, "Lord, I live by your will. I shall die when you desire; save me because you can."

At her 1991 beatification in Kraków, Pope John Paul II said: "It is in this city that she worked, that she suffered and that her holiness came to maturity. While connected to the spirituality of St. Francis, she showed an extraordinary responsiveness to the action of the Holy Spirit" (L'Osservatore Romano, volume 34, number 4, 1991).

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Henri de Lubac, S.J., wrote: "The best Christians and the most vital are by no means to be found either inevitably or even generally among the wise or the clever, the intelligentsia or the politically-minded, or those of social consequence. And consequently what they say does not make the headlines; what they do does not come to the public eye. Their lives are hidden from the eyes of the world, and if they do come to some degree of notoriety, that is usually late in the day, and exceptional, and always attended by the risk of distortion" (The Splendor of the Church, p. 187).

Hello all!

am I seeing clear? is that Ebos, welcome bros  so happy to hear from you again.
So so sorry to hear that tale, this abokies can b terrible (wonders shall never end), thats a big lesson don't even cross their path again. 

Chenypat u are very much welcome on this thread (Is it Auto, tenor or bass, which of them 

Our Easter retreat started Sunday to end Friday and a Franciscan priest is going to be the officiating priest.

Pamperme joke apart now, please reveal your gender, is by force now

Carlosein:
pam, i dey fine jare.

but how u want make i employ person wey i no know weda na man or woman or any oda info for that marra .

U mean sey uptill now pamperme neva disclose him gender upon all d talk wey i dey hear, i think sey e go don disclose am since o. Pamperme u strong o

Today's Saint

St. Dominic Savio (1842-1857)

So many holy persons seem to die young. Among them was Dominic Savio, the patron of choirboys.

Born into a peasant family at Riva, Italy, young Dominic joined St. John Bosco as a student at the Oratory in Turin at the age of 12. He impressed John with his desire to be a priest and to help him in his work with neglected boys. A peacemaker and an organizer, young Dominic founded a group he called the Company of the Immaculate Conception which, besides being devotional, aided John Bosco with the boys and with manual work. All the members save one, Dominic, would in 1859 join John in the beginnings of his Salesian congregation. By that time, Dominic had been called home to heaven.

As a youth, Dominic spent hours rapt in prayer. His raptures he called "my distractions." Even in play, he said that at times "It seems heaven is opening just above me. I am afraid I may say or do something that will make the other boys laugh." Dominic would say, "I can't do big things. But I want all I do, even the smallest thing, to be for the greater glory of God."

Dominic's health, always frail, led to lung problems and he was sent home to recuperate. As was the custom of the day, he was bled in the thought that this would help, but it only worsened his condition. He died on March 9, 1857, after receiving the Last Sacraments. St. John Bosco himself wrote the account of his life.

Some thought that Dominic was too young to be considered a saint. St. Pius X declared that just the opposite was true, and went ahead with his cause. Dominic was canonized in 1954.

Carlosein:
Good morning everyone and how was the weekend?

mine was work filled but i thank God sha.

weekend was very cool.
I dey trowey salute for everyone

May kelly:
oh mine!! mine!!! what are mine thinking. I thought Vee is a male, sound of the name made me think that way. May wetin you de think sef?

i surrender ooooooo,

free at last

@Lindiwe

Can we all share our personal understanding of the season of lent, not just we it should be, but they way you understand and live it, who knows we could pick one or two things from the discussion,

Personally lent is a period that reminds me of the suffering of Christ, his agony in the garden of Gethsamane just for me to be free, so i reflect and check my life to know where I am not meeting up as a Christain. I'm I among those that follows the crowd and lose focus? and crucify the Lord the second time. And also to know that is not only lent that we can change our way of life, but it should be a continous process, because know one know the hour or time when the Lord is coming, so every day is suppose to be lent for me.

@All,
Have fun but uphold strong virtue,

Sure my sister, may God give us the Grace to move on despite the obstacle of life.

@May

Question1: @Vee you love or like Oby YES OR NO

You are really something else

Yes viee loves me (note not the love of husband and wife, because non of us are male, but the love of a friend) like Jesus said love your neighbour as yourself. So May i love u too hope my love is accepted

u need to return whatever it is that you took from May

Just wait make i ask May

"May please can u tell me that thing i took from you, so that i can return it to you immediately

Pamperme:
i no understand o, Oby abeg, com translate the thing wey your sis dey talk to english o or pidgin english

una never see anything o

viee u hear, which means sey this one na small so make we burkle our belt to wait 4 another shocker from pamperme. Carlosein wetin dey happen abi na em make u dey come up for nite wen noboby dey around I know understand u and pamper o