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ebos:
Network is now my greatest problem.

A friend gave me this site to connect with them http://www.mobilitypass.com/ -

@ Lady,

Mobilitypass is in US - do you know much about the network? Though, since it's US, it will be better than the once we have here. Did I say that just because it's based in US?

The one my friend is using is called Payless, they are somewhere in Apapa and he said is working perfectly okay. If you will need their service i can gv you there contact phone no.

ebos:
I'm having serious network problem, even my two network still disappointed me. I have been trying since 6.30am to connect but it has not been possible. Now, it connected but still went off. Since I started forex, I recorded the biggest loss in my life few days ago. A loss that can discourage 85% of Forex traders. One thing to ask, I just need your prayers for successful trading because I'm depositing a sum of money for revenge. The money if bounced back against me will - let me rest my case here.

@Viee,

You disappeared just like that, thank God you are back - that is if you are really back.

@Oby,
I can see that every black person wants Obama but I think voting for him because he is a black man might be encouraged. If his opponet is better, then let the old man win.

Sorry about the loss, but this your network problem, you must do something about it.

So far from what i saw, i don't think his opponent is better despite Obama being a black man.

Carlosein:
oby good morning dear. there are many christians in support of abortion.

Do we refer to those people as Christains?

Hello Everyone!

Viee na you bi dis? Just like Lindiwe said make sure you come online often because we miss your presence here.

Carlos carry go, you are doing great.

Lady if i will vote, i will vote for Obama because i see him as someone who likes peace and i'm sure he is going to do something about Iraq, but talking about the pro-abortion issue, i thought Obama is a Christain. Why is he in support of abortion?

Today's Saint

St. Monica (322?-387)


The circumstances of St. Monica’s life could have made her a nagging wife, a bitter daughter-in-law and a despairing parent, yet she did not give way to any of these temptations. Although she was a Christian, her parents gave her in marriage to a pagan, Patricius, who lived in her hometown of Tagaste in North Africa. Patricius had some redeeming features, but he had a violent temper and was licentious. Monica also had to bear with a cantankerous mother-in-law who lived in her home. Patricius criticized his wife because of her charity and piety, but always respected her. Monica’s prayers and example finally won her husband and mother-in-law to Christianity. Her husband died in 371, one year after his Baptism.

Monica had at least three children who survived infancy. The oldest, Augustine, is the most famous. At the time of his father’s death, Augustine was 17 and a rhetoric student in Carthage. Monica was distressed to learn that her son had accepted the Manichean heresy and was living an immoral life. For a while, she refused to let him eat or sleep in her house. Then one night she had a vision that assured her Augustine would return to the faith. From that time on she stayed close to her son, praying and fasting for him. In fact, she often stayed much closer than Augustine wanted.

When he was 29, Augustine decided to go to Rome to teach rhetoric. Monica was determined to go along. One night he told his mother that he was going to the dock to say goodbye to a friend. Instead, he set sail for Rome. Monica was heartbroken when she learned of Augustine’s trick, but she still followed him. She arrived in Rome only to find that he had left for Milan. Although travel was difficult, Monica pursued him to Milan.

In Milan Augustine came under the influence of the bishop, St. Ambrose, who also became Monica’s spiritual director. She accepted his advice in everything and had the humility to give up some practices that had become second nature to her (see Quote, below). Monica became a leader of the devout women in Milan as she had been in Tagaste.

She continued her prayers for Augustine during his years of instruction. At Easter, 387, St. Ambrose baptized Augustine and several of his friends. Soon after, his party left for Africa. Although no one else was aware of it, Monica knew her life was near the end. She told Augustine, “Son, nothing in this world now affords me delight. I do not know what there is now left for me to do or why I am still here, all my hopes in this world being now fulfilled.” She became ill shortly after and suffered severely for nine days before her death.

Almost all we know about St. Monica is in the writings of St. Augustine, especially his Confessions.

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When Monica moved from North Africa to Milan, she found religious practices new to her and also that some of her former customs, such as a Saturday fast, were not common there. She asked St. Ambrose which customs she should follow. His classic reply was: “When I am here, I do not fast on Saturday, but I fast when I am in Rome; do the same and always follow the custom and discipline of the Church as it is observed in the particular locality in which you find yourself.”

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
Though she was the Mother of the Lord, yet Mary desired to learn the precepts of the Lord, and she who brought forth God, yet desired to know God. ST. AMBROSE.

Carlosein:
LOLOLOLOL, ROFL

so you done vex finish abi? thank God.

can i post the pix back now?

You wan draw down rain again abi

May kelly:
@Oby1 , Carlosein, ebos

Three people thread.

Is it a crime?

Today's Saint

Queenship of Mary

Pius XII established this feast in 1954. But Mary’s queenship has roots in Scripture. At the Annunciation Gabriel announced that Mary’s Son would receive the throne of David and rule forever. At the Visitation, Elizabeth calls Mary “mother of my Lord.” As in all the mysteries of Mary’s life, Mary is closely associated with Jesus: Her queenship is a share in Jesus’ kingship. We can also recall that in the Old Testament the mother of the king has great influence in court.

In the fourth century St. Ephrem called Mary “Lady” and “Queen” and Church Fathers and Doctors continued to use the title. Hymns of the eleventh to thirteenth centuries address Mary as queen: “Hail, Holy Queen,” “Hail, Queen of Heaven,” “Queen of Heaven.” The Dominican rosary and the Franciscan crown as well as numerous invocations in Mary’s litany celebrate her queenship.

The feast is a logical follow-up to the Assumption and is now celebrated on the octave day of that feast. In his encyclical To the Queen of Heaven, Pius XII points out that Mary deserves the title because she is Mother of God, because she is closely associated as the New Eve with Jesus’ redemptive work, because of her preeminent perfection and because of her intercessory power.

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“Let the entire body of the faithful pour forth persevering prayer to the Mother of God and Mother of men. Let them implore that she who aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers may now, exalted as she is in heaven above all the saints and angels, intercede with her Son in the fellowship of all the saints. May she do so until all the peoples of the human family, whether they are honored with the name of Christian or whether they still do not know their Savior, are happily gathered together in peace and harmony into the one People of God, for the glory of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 69).

Carlosein:
i been think say ebos dey vex for me das why i remain quiet since.

but e be like say i wrong.

oby how body?

Na so, that is y you are hiding since abi, make ebos for no knuckle you

body dey jo

ebos:
Oby, let it be next time - just sitting here since morning. Not even feeling hungry.

okay ebos take care and make sure you eat something if you can't, then pass it over to me

ebos:
Me wonder o - e come be ebos them go paint

I have seen Carlosein paintings in other threads if i'm not mistaking, carlos am i correct?

ebos:
after now, na pix them go carry show dey be artist.

like paul chabas the French painter

Carlosein:
_{me dey here dey look una dey yarn.}

you don become lawyer?

ebos:
I didn't make any loss but I wanted to extend it to have more profit but i forgot to extend it.

no mind me i didn't read your post very well. Imagine the opportunity we had to enjoy with you from this profit you have been making since from the market, but something just come spoil am

ebos:
That is it, one day - but you see why i don't like coming to Nairaland when I'm trading - I was making profit and had the intention of extending my target profit, but i was busy typing when the market hit my target and stop. I forgot to extend it to maximise profit.

The market can never debar you from chatting with us (lai lai). Just try and add more sense to it.  Eyaa, but i trust you to hit them back.

ebos:
Sorry for the mistake, I had wanted to type "I'm not too sure" - I'm not too sure of September.

It's okay. I'm sure we will all still meet one day, one thing or the other will draw us together some day.

sorry lady, can't wait to chat got to go home it's past 7pm here (what time is it over there?)

will read your reply tomorrow.
take care and pray for us all and a special intention for viee

ciao. Dominus Vobiscum!

Carlosein hope viee is ok. Viee whatever the intention may be, may our Lord Jesus who knowest each and every one of us heart desire meet you at your own very point of need. Amen.

ebos:
I know we all can still see but that should be September or December. I'm too sure of September. I wanted to attend at St Agness, Maryland but I left for PH that same Sunday - I didn't attend mass in Lagos.

September is in two weeks time, not far, i will write it down boldly "Ebos is coming to Lagos in September to meet with us"

ebos:
I know quite well that a rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it – the effect of doubt. Hope, my point is clear? I had wanted to see u in particular - remember, when we were in July, I said two of us was going to chat in August. So, I visited Lagos in August bearing it mind, but along the line, things went wrong.

A rock pile can also continue to be a rock pile if that same single man not only contemplates it, but with determination and action - even when there is doubt.  I never remembered you saying that you will be coming to Lagos in August _{short memory you will say} Lord please always give me a retentive memory.

Just say you changed your mind not to see us, not that we didn't want to meet you. Ibo man sense

ebos:
Lagosians doubt a lot - u guys weren't ready to meet me but I was hungry then to meet u all. The hunger just disappeared.

Is a pity u didn't catch the joke. Who told you we were not ready to meet with you, you gave the place and the time and we were matching it with our own schedule by then still throwing some jokes, but u didn't catch it

ebos:
I was really determined to meet u guys - was prepared to see u all when I came to Lagos, but,

but what happened, you changed your mind. Well next time is still dir, who knows another year.

ebos:
Hum! Carlosein is really doing a good job here

While Ebos is  Hi!  So are you back in PH. Shey you refused to see us.

Carlosein:
Memorial of Saint Pius X, pope

Reading 1
Ez 36:23-28

Thus says the LORD:
I will prove the holiness of my great name,
profaned among the nations,
in whose midst you have profaned it.
Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD,
when in their sight I prove my holiness through you.
For I will take you away from among the nations,
gather you from all the foreign lands,
and bring you back to your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water upon you
to cleanse you from all your impurities,
and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you,
taking from your bodies your stony hearts
and giving you natural hearts.
I will put my spirit within you and make you live by my statutes,
careful to observe my decrees.
You shall live in the land I gave your ancestors;
you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Today's reading brings us into the very heart of Ezekiel's message and ministry.  God's concern is for his holiness.  The Israelites had let him down.  His name and authority had been profaned by other nations.  Despite this, God's desire is to restore his people and protect his name.  Israel, forlorn and in exile, is offered a kind of three-pronged restoration programme.  God's plan of action involves cleansing (from impurities and idols), receiving a new heart, and the placing of God's Spirit within which will move them to keep his teaching and decrees.  These promises reveal the lavish mercy of God towards his people.  We can draw great comfort from Ezekiel's prophecy because we too are offered the same hope.  Like Israel we easily let the Lord down.  God's remedy is no different from his response to his chosen nation.  The three steps of recovery are as applicable to us today as they were to Israel thousands of years ago.  The first step to recovery is to repent.  It is as we ask for forgiveness, acknowledge our wrongdoing and humbly seek reconciliation that cleansing comes.  The Church offers us this grace through the sacrament of reconciliation, but we too can take the initiative humbly to ask forgiveness of those we have hurt.  Through the grace of our baptism we have received a new heart, but it easily becomes hard and unyielding towards both God and others.  God's desire is that we have his heart so that we see life from his viewpoint, not our own.  God's heart is warmand wide!  Through the gift of confirmation we are made temples of God's Holy Spirit.  His Spirit lives within, and through this grace we are empowered to live a life in the Spirit.

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
Hope has been the sole companion of my life, the greatest aid in doubts, the strongest assistance in my weakness; not hope in men-which is thought to bring greater happiness and instead brings greater disaster-but hope in Christ, supported by the heavenly promise that he will strengthen the weakest of men with a greatness of soul and divine help. ST. PIUS X.

Today's Saint
St. Pius X (1835-1914)


Pope Pius X is perhaps best remembered for his encouragement of the frequent reception of Holy Communion, especially by children.

The second of 10 children in a poor Italian family, Joseph Sarto became Pius X at 68, one of the twentieth century’s greatest popes.

Ever mindful of his humble origin, he stated, “I was born poor, I lived poor, I will die poor.” He was embarrassed by some of the pomp of the papal court. “Look how they have dressed me up,” he said in tears to an old friend. To another, “It is a penance to be forced to accept all these practices. They lead me around surrounded by soldiers like Jesus when he was seized in Gethsemani.”

Interested in politics, he encouraged Italian Catholics to become more politically involved. One of his first papal acts was to end the supposed right of governments to interfere by veto in papal elections—a practice that reduced the freedom of the conclave which elected him.

In 1905, when France renounced its agreement with the Holy See and threatened confiscation of Church property if governmental control of Church affairs were not granted, Pius X courageously rejected the demand.

While he did not author a famous social encyclical as his predecessor had done, he denounced the ill treatment of the Indians on the plantations of Peru, sent a relief commission to Messina after an earthquake and sheltered refugees at his own expense.

On the eleventh anniversary of his election as pope, Europe was plunged into World War I. Pius had foreseen it, but it killed him. “This is the last affliction the Lord will visit on me. I would gladly give my life to save my poor children from this ghastly scourge.” He died a few weeks after the war began.

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Describing Pius X, a historian wrote that he was “a man of God who knew the unhappiness of the world and the hardships of life, and in the greatness of his heart wanted to comfort everyone.”

Carlosein:
not here i guess

Hello Carlosein! well done. Thanks for the daily readings. I don't know if my work load in the office is increasing every passing day, so stressful.

Today's Saint

St. John Eudes (1601-1680)

How little we know where God’s grace will lead. Born on a farm in northern France, John died at 79 in the next “county” or department. In that time he was a religious, a parish missionary, founder of two religious communities and a great promoter of the devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

He joined the religious community of the Oratorians and was ordained a priest at 24. During severe plagues in 1627 and 1631, he volunteered to care for the stricken in his own diocese. Lest he infect his fellow religious, he lived in a huge cask in the middle of a field during the plague.

At age 32, John became a parish missionary. His gifts as preacher and confessor won him great popularity. He preached over 100 parish missions, some lasting from several weeks to several months.

In his concern with the spiritual improvement of the clergy, he realized that the greatest need was for seminaries. He had permission from his general superior, the bishop and even Cardinal Richelieu to begin this work, but the succeeding general superior disapproved. After prayer and counsel, John decided it was best to leave the religious community. The same year he founded a new one, ultimately called the Eudists (Congregation of Jesus and Mary), devoted to the formation of the clergy by conducting diocesan seminaries. The new venture, while approved by individual bishops, met with immediate opposition, especially from Jansenists and some of his former associates. John founded several seminaries in Normandy, but was unable to get approval from Rome (partly, it was said, because he did not use the most tactful approach).

In his parish mission work, John was disturbed by the sad condition of prostitutes who sought to escape their miserable life. Temporary shelters were found but arrangements were not satisfactory. A certain Madeleine Lamy, who had cared for several of the women, one day said to him, “Where are you off to now? To some church, I suppose, where you’ll gaze at the images and think yourself pious. And all the time what is really wanted of you is a decent house for these poor creatures.” The words, and the laughter of those present, struck deeply within him. The result was another new religious community, called the Sisters of Charity of the Refuge.

He is probably best known for the central theme of his writings: Jesus as the source of holiness, Mary as the model of the Christian life. His devotion to the Sacred Heart and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary led Pius XI to declare him the father of the liturgical cult of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

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“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desires and his disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly” (St. John Eudes, The Life and Reign of Jesus in Christian Souls).

Lindiwe:
. . . and finally my brothers and sisters, our lady's feast is here!!!

we could see today as just another liturgical celebration, but it’s so much more than that! it’s also a “preview of coming attractions”! when we celebrate Mary’s assumption here on earth, we celebrate a reality that is going on right now in heaven – a reality that shows us what our existence will be like when God’s kingdom is revealed in all its fullness

today we honour Mary not only for her holiness and purity but also for what God did for her. She is the first human being to experience the complete salvation Jesus came to bring. Jesus, the “New Adam”, freed us from the power of sin and death, reversing the consequences of Adam and Eve’s disobedience (Romans 5:12-21). As a result, Mary, the “New Eve” who brought Jesus into this world, was received body and soul into paradise at the end of her life.

Mary’s example should give us tremendous hope. for though we all experience sin and death, we have the promise of joining her one day, body and soul, in heaven. on the last day, “the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:52).

This feast also reminds us that we don’t have to wait until the second coming of Christ to begin to experience heaven. if Mary can have this intimacy right now, that means we can het a foretaste of it here as well, Jesus has already made all things new – and that includes us!

How can we experience this joy? by being as receptive as we can to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, just as Mary and Elizabeth are in today’s Gospel reading. the more we follow his leading, the more we’ll be aware of how much Jesus is at work in us to transform our lives. and the more confident we’ll be that God really does want to see us in heaven

so on this great feast, lift up your heart in praise of God for making you a new creation. He is in you, and He is longing to take you more deeply into your heavenly inheritance!


Happy feast day all!

Heavenly Father, I praise you for your plan of salvation. I rejoice and glory in your beloved Son who, humble and lowly, entered into our world in the womb of Mary. I exalt and praise you for Mary because she is a radiant model for all who strive to trust and rely upon your promises. Amen

JOURNEY WITH THE SAINTS
All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus is the way. ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA

~Lady~:
So I just found out there's something such as spirtual gluttony. Am I the only one who didn't know this?

Do you guys know of it.
Well apparently I have been guilty of it.

How?

Today's Saint and also Feast Day

Assumption of Mary


On November 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory.” The pope proclaimed this dogma only after a broad consultation of bishops, theologians and laity. There were few dissenting voices. What the pope solemnly declared was already a common belief in the Catholic Church.

We find homilies on the Assumption going back to the sixth century. In following centuries the Eastern Churches held steadily to the doctrine, but some authors in the West were hesitant. However, by the thirteenth century there was universal agreement. The feast was celebrated under various names (Commemoration, Dormition, Passing, Assumption) from at least the fifth or sixth century.

Scripture does not give an account of Mary’s Assumption into heaven. Nevertheless, Revelation 12 speaks of a woman who is caught up in the battle between good and evil. Many see this woman as God’s people. Since Mary best embodies the people of both Old and New Testament, her Assumption can be seen as an exemplification of the woman’s victory.

Furthermore, in 1 Corinthians 15:20 Paul speaks of Christ’s resurrection as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Since Mary is closely associated with all the mysteries of Jesus’ life, it is not surprising that the Holy Spirit has led the Church to belief in Mary’s share in his glorification. So close was she to Jesus on earth, she must be with him body and soul in heaven.

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“In the bodily and spiritual glory which she possesses in heaven, the Mother of Jesus continues in this present world as the image and first flowering of the Church as she is to be perfected in the world to come. Likewise, Mary shines forth on earth, until the day of the Lord shall come (cf. 2 Peter 3:10), as a sign of certain hope and comfort for the pilgrim People of God” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 68).