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I surrender , Celine Dion

April 7, 2008

St. John Baptist de la Salle

(1651-1719)



Complete dedication to what he saw as God's will for him dominated the life of John Baptist de la Salle. In 1950, Pope Pius XII named him patron of schoolteachers for his efforts in upgrading school instruction. As a young seventeenth-century Frenchman, John had everything going for him: scholarly bent, good looks, noble family background, money, refined upbringing. At the early age of 11, he received the tonsure and started preparation for the priesthood, to which he was ordained at 27. He seemed assured then of a life of dignified ease and a high position in the Church.
But God had other plans for John, which were gradually revealed to him in the next several years. During a chance meeting with M. Nyel of Raven, he became interested in the creation of schools for poor boys in Raven, where he was stationed. Though the work was extremely distasteful to him at first, he became more involved in working with the deprived youths.

Once convinced that this was his divinely appointed mission, John threw himself wholeheartedly into the work, left home and family, abandoned his position as canon at Rheims, gave away his fortune and reduced himself to the level of the poor to whom he devoted his entire life.

The remainder of his life was closely entwined with the community of religious men he founded, the Brothers of the Christian School (Christian Brothers, or De La Salle Brothers). This community grew rapidly and was successful in educating boys of poor families using methods designed by John, preparing teachers in the first training college for teachers and also setting up homes and schools for young delinquents of wealthy families. The motivating element in all these endeavors was the desire to become a good Christian.

Yet even in his success, John did not escape experiencing many trials: heartrending disappointment and defections among his disciples, bitter opposition from the secular schoolmasters who resented his new and fruitful methods and persistent opposition from the Jansenists of his time, whose heretical doctrines John resisted vehemently all his life.

Afflicted with asthma and rheumatism in his last years, he died on Good Friday at 68 and was canonized in 1900.

Comment:

Complete dedication to one's calling by God, whatever it may be, is a rare quality. Jesus asks us to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength" (Mark 12:30b, emphasis added). Paul gives similar advice: "Whatever you do, do from the heart, " (Colossians 3:23).

Quote:
"What is nobler than to mold the character of the young? I consider that he who knows how to form the youthful mind is truly greater than all painters, sculptors and all others of that sort" (St. John Chrysostom).

How are u all doing this great monday morning?
Hope you all went for mass yesterday? This is wishing you all a very splendid week.

Glory to Jesus

Honour to Mary

How do I live , Trisha Yearwood

Oby1:
PamCarl this love be like sey e don rekindle, this time e b like sey na wit full force

na u know

Glory to Jesus

Honour to Mary

April 4, 2008

St. Isidore of Seville

(560?-636)



The 76 years of Isidore's life were a time of conflict and growth for the Church in Spain. The Visigoths had invaded the land a century and a half earlier and shortly before Isidore's birth they set up their own capital. They were Arians—Christians who said Christ was not God. Thus Spain was split in two: One people (Catholic Romans) struggled with another (Arian Goths).
Isidore reunited Spain, making it a center of culture and learning, a teacher and guide for other European countries whose culture was also threatened by barbarian invaders.

Born in Cartagena of a family that included three other saints, he was educated (severely) by his elder brother, whom he succeeded as bishop of Seville.

An amazingly learned man, he was sometimes called "The Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages" because the encyclopedia he wrote was used as a textbook for nine centuries. He required seminaries to be built in every diocese, wrote a Rule for religious orders and founded schools that taught every branch of learning. Isidore wrote numerous books, including a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a history of Goths and a history of the world—beginning with creation! He completed the Mozarabic liturgy, which is still in use in Toledo, Spain. For all these reasons Isidore (as well as several other saints) has been suggested as patron of the Internet.

He continued his austerities even as he approached 80. During the last six months of his life, he increased his charities so much that his house was crowded from morning till night with the poor of the countryside.

Comment:

Our country can well use Isidore's spirit of combining learning and holiness. Loving, understanding knowledge can heal and bring a broken people back together. We are not barbarians like the invaders of Isidore's Spain. But people who are swamped by riches and overwhelmed by scientific and technological advances can lose much of their understanding love for one another. So vast was Isidore's knowledge that some moderns have proposed him as the patron of Internet users.

Never walk alone

lmbao

Am fine but not on break yet.

Thanks for the

Glory to Jesus

Honour to Mary

I join you all in saying one Hail Mary for Ebos mum:

Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, Holy Mary mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen

April 2, 2008

St. Francis of Paola

(1416-1507)



Francis of Paola was a man who deeply loved contemplative solitude and wished only to be the "least in the household of God." Yet, when the Church called him to active service in the world, he became a miracle-worker and influenced the course of nations.
After accompanying his parents on a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi, he began to live as a contemplative hermit in a remote cave near Paola, on Italy's southern seacoast. Before he was 20, he received the first followers who had come to imitate his way of life. Seventeen years later, when his disciples had grown in number, Francis established a Rule for his austere community and sought Church approval. This was the founding of the Hermits of St. Francis of Assisi, who were approved by the Holy See in 1474

In 1492, Francis changed the name of his community to "Minims" because he wanted them to be known as the least (minimi) in the household of God. Humility was to be the hallmark of the brothers as it had been in Francis's personal life. Besides the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, Francis enjoined upon his followers the fourth obligation of a perpetual Lenten fast. He felt that heroic mortification was necessary as a means for spiritual growth.

It was Francis's desire to be a contemplative hermit, yet he believed that God was calling him to the apostolic life. He began to use the gifts he had received, such as the gifts of miracles and prophecy, to minister to the people of God. A defender of the poor and oppressed, Francis incurred the wrath of King Ferdinand of Naples for the admonitions he directed towards the king and his sons.

Following the request of Pope Sixtus IV, Francis traveled to Paris to help Louis XI of France prepare for his death. While ministering to the king, Francis was able to influence the course of national politics. He helped to restore peace between France and Brittany by advising a marriage between the ruling families, and between France and Spain by persuading Louis XI to return some disputed land.

Francis died while at the French court.

Comment:

The life of Francis of Paola speaks plainly to an overactive world. He was a contemplative man called to active ministry and must have felt keenly the tension between prayer and service. Yet in Francis's life it was a productive tension, for he clearly utilized the fruits of contemplation in his ministry, which came to involve the workings of nations. He responded so readily and so well to the call of the Church from a solid foundation in prayer and mortification. When he went out to the world, it was not he who worked but Christ working through him—"the least in the household of God."

Remembering Pope John Paul II[color=#000099][/color]
Today marks three years since the passing of Pope John Paul II. On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II passed away. He was in his 27th year as pope, one of the longest reigning popes in history. Despite illness and infirmity, he tirelessly preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He defended life in all its forms, wrote prolifically on Catholic topics such as the Eucharist and the rosary, pleaded for peace in the world and created more Roman Catholic saints than any other pope. It is said that he was the most recognized man in the world and he is by far the most widely travelled pope in history.

jaymes:
You guys don't know what you saying! i mean Kenny & D1 are like the pioneers of naija hip-hop scene from The Remedies to the know International Superstar Tuface! they went round the world showing what talent Africa has to offer. Now, back to the lecture at hand, from the mid 90's on Raypower FM these guys have thrilled millions of Nigerians, with their top 10 jams, when most of us then where tunning in to know the latest jams in American Hip-Hop World, without no DSTV, Internet, nothing, somehow these guys managed to give us the 411, with humour and smooth delivery. because of them Raypower FM was the best station then! they were not resting on their oars, they brought the grammies to us FREE, Once again you'all were sitting tight watching without blinking an eyelid! How come they were not old then? Again they stepped up their game by opening the first all music TV station in Nigeria! Primetime Africa, who gave naija artiste the Platinum Hit Making Factory KENNIS MUSIC?, I mean for these guys to still be at the top, it shows they are doing something right! don't beef men! keep it real!

is it because of the stipend they are paying you?

[quote author=diva_naija link=topic=120428.msg2112593#msg2112593 date=1207070442]Dear Baba God,Olodumore,A.l.l.a.h,Chineke,The I’ am that I am, The one without whom my life wil hav no meaning, Eternal rock of Ages, the Alpha, Omega, creator of Heaven n Earth, Prince of Prince, Lord of Lords. . . .Please let the duo of Kenny and D-1 read all this. Please God, Direct them to Nairaland Front Page and let them SEEEEE O.

Some hav eyes but cannot see, some can see but hav no Eye, Let Kenny n D-1 be able to SEE ^{n d crowd shall shout} GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH!.[/quote]AMEN AMEN AMEN

Dan Dare:
simply put they are AGBAYAS!

lmao    

Do u guys still watch their show because i think i stopped doing that about 8 years ago.

Charlie love,

i knew you were joking sha!

Glory to Jesus

Honour to Mary

JayFK:
O.P
If you want to do something about it you have a lot of options

Ask them to install sound proofing. If they refuse or call you a demon
1. Arson
2. Buy big speakers, face them towards the church and play music while they are holding services
3. Organize a protest or get signatures from the residents or hold protests while they are holding services
4. Call town planning or something like that
5. More arson.

i think i like the sound of that. Three different churches surrounded my house plus a mosque in front. Thank you for that advice

Almighty NEPA took the light and we were left to our fate last nite.  One of the numerous churches on my street held their vigil on Monday night and i couldnt sleep throughout the nite, it was hot and i had to open my windows which made it worse. They shouldnt use loud speakers for vigil for God's sake especially for Monday vigils

Sentra:
This is a sign that town planning has failed in our major cities. Churches/mosque are not suppose to be located in residential area. If you happen to come across the plan of Lagos for instance, we have areas that have been earmarked commercial/industrial etc
But due to the inefficiency of our town planning officers/ corruption, anything goes these days.
Back to your question, it is not an easy task to move from one house  to another and I doubt if you and your neighbors  can make the worship place go away, however, you may consult with elders in your  area and make them reason with you.They can approach the authorities of the place of worship reduce their level of noise.If this approach does not work(which I very much doubt) you just have to tolerate them till you move .

We tried that but it didnt work because the elders ate kolas and  drank schnapps  

Carlos,
u be dwarf coz na only short people dey write like this o?

April 1, 2008


St. Hugh of Grenoble


(1052-1132)




Today’s saint could be a patron for those of us who feel so overwhelmed by all the problems in the world that we don’t know where to begin.
Hugh, who served as a bishop in France for 52 years, had his work cut out for him from the start. Corruption seemed to loom in every direction: the buying and selling of Church offices, violations of clerical celibacy, lay control of Church property, religious indifference and/or ignorance. After serving as bishop for two years, he’d had his fill. He tried disappearing to a monastery, but the pope called him back to continue the work of reform.

Ironically, Hugh was reasonably effective in the role of reformer—surely because of his devotion to the Church but also because of his strong character. In conflicts between Church and state he was an unflinching defender of the Church. He fearlessly supported the papacy. He was eloquent as a preacher. He restored his own cathedral, made civic improvements in the town and weathered a brief exile.

Hugh may be best known as patron and benefactor of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusian Order.

Hugh died in 1132. He was canonized only two years later.

Carlosein:
se all you people, bros and sis: viee, oby, lawyer, pamperme, ebos, lindiwe, biafra and all odas

who hv been wit me on ths thread and several oda catolic thred, something happened to

me yesterday night and it seemes to hav changd my whole conception of the catholic church.

i had a dream and i can't give details here but the thing is that i am begining to see

the truth in all what people like pilgrim, sysuser and others have been saying all along.

i mean if the bible says we should not do a thing and men in the church say we should don't

u think it is wrong. see help me out here because am very confused now.

all my life i have believed in the catholic church but this dream i had tells me more

dan anything els that the church is the whor of babylon and destined for destruction in hades.

and confesen my sins to mere morters siners like me (i must have ben tripping),

praying to and tru mary instead of Jesus the one true mediator between God and man,

statues, images, sacramenters, repititive prayers, oh God save my soul.

sysuser thanks for the help on the other thred, i really must have been delusional

to have believed all this shit all along.

please viee, oby lawyer, pamperme and ebos come help me out and also

yoursef before it's too late. i am very much shaking an oh wha am i tiypin sef, see i need

to go latr

April Fool

thanks Carl

Hi all

Been kinda down since morning.

how are u all doing?

Glory to Jesus

Honour to Mary

SSS Ebos  

FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAS NOT ATTENDED MASS TODAY AND WILL NOT, HERE IS THE READING AND GOSPEL FOR TODAY

Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Reading 1
Responsorial Psalm
Gospel
Reading 1
Acts 3:11-26

As the crippled man who had been cured clung to Peter and John,
all the people hurried in amazement toward them
in the portico called “Solomon’s Portico.”
When Peter saw this, he addressed the people,
“You children of Israel, why are you amazed at this,
and why do you look so intently at us
as if we had made him walk by our own power or piety?
The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus
whom you handed over and denied in Pilate’s presence,
when he had decided to release him.
You denied the Holy and Righteous One
and asked that a murderer be released to you.
The author of life you put to death,
but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.
And by faith in his name,
this man, whom you see and know, his name has made strong,
and the faith that comes through it
has given him this perfect health,
in the presence of all of you.
Now I know, brothers and sisters,
that you acted out of ignorance, just as your leaders did;
but God has thus brought to fulfillment
what he had announced beforehand
through the mouth of all the prophets,
that his Christ would suffer.
Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away,
and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment
and send you the Christ already appointed for you, Jesus,
whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration
of which God spoke through the mouth
of his holy prophets from of old.
For Moses said:

A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you
from among your own kin;
to him you shall listen in all that he may say to you.
Everyone who does not listen to that prophet
will be cut off from the people.

“Moreover, all the prophets who spoke,
from Samuel and those afterwards, also announced these days.
You are the children of the prophets
and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors
when he said to Abraham,
In your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you
by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

Responsorial Psalm
8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9

R. (2ab) O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
or:
R. Alleluia.
O LORD, our Lord,
how glorious is your name over all the earth!
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him?
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
or:
R. Alleluia.
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet.
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
or:
R. Alleluia.
All sheep and oxen,
yes, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
or:
R. Alleluia.

Gospel
Lk 24:35-48

The disciples of Jesus recounted what had taken place along the way,
and how they had come to recognize him in the breaking of bread.

While they were still speaking about this,
he stood in their midst and said to them,
“Peace be with you.”
But they were startled and terrified
and thought that they were seeing a ghost.
Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled?
And why do questions arise in your hearts?
Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.
Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”
And as he said this,
he showed them his hands and his feet.
While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed,
he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?”
They gave him a piece of baked fish;
he took it and ate it in front of them.

He said to them,
“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you,
that everything written about me in the law of Moses
and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
And he said to them,
“Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer
and rise from the dead on the third day
and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,
would be preached in his name
to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.”

Hi Charlie

no mind me jare, i go sabbatical
But am back now to pick up from where we stopped.

@ all

Glory to Jesus

Honour to Mary

Glory to Jesus

Honour to Mary

Oby1:
e bi like sey d chemistry dey die small small

Oby, na u sabi

Hi all,

Happy Easter to you all,

Glory to Jesus

Honour to Mary

viee:
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

wetin else remain? ? ? ?

Oby1:
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 before so no bi new thing for you.

NA UNA KNOW O    

Ebo,

bye bye jare

It's Father Paschal, we used to attend St. Gabriel when i was younger and living in Ladi-lak then.

it's a small world afterall, when was the last time u came to Igbogila?

Carlosein:
hi pampam, my wifey.

so u attend St Patricks (wonder where in lag: ipaja ) or some place else

nwy thanks for the prayers knew i cud count on my brethren .

Gracias!

Ipaja

March 17, 2008

St. Patrick

(415?-493?)

 

Legends about Patrick abound; but truth is best served by our seeing two solid qualities in him: He was humble and he was courageous. The determination to accept suffering and success with equal indifference guided the life of God’s instrument for winning most of Ireland for Christ.
Details of his life are uncertain. Current research places his dates of birth and death a little later than earlier accounts. Patrick may have been born in Dunbarton, Scotland, Cumberland, England, or in northern Wales. He called himself both a Roman and a Briton. At 16, he and a large number of his father’s slaves and vassals were captured by Irish raiders and sold as slaves in Ireland. Forced to work as a shepherd, he suffered greatly from hunger and cold.

After six years, Patrick escaped, probably to France, and later returned to Britain at the age of 22. His captivity had meant spiritual conversion. He may have studied at Lerins, off the French coast; he spent years at Auxerre, France, and was consecrated bishop at the age of 43. His great desire was to proclaim the Good News to the Irish.

In a dream vision it seemed “all the children of Ireland from their mothers’ wombs were stretching out their hands” to him. He understood the vision to be a call to do mission work in pagan Ireland. Despite opposition from those who felt his education had been defective, he was sent to carry out the task. He went to the west and north, where the faith had never been preached, obtained the protection of local kings and made numerous converts.

Because of the island’s pagan background, Patrick was emphatic in encouraging widows to remain chaste and young women to consecrate their virginity to Christ. He ordained many priests, divided the country into dioceses, held Church councils, founded several monasteries and continually urged his people to greater holiness in Christ.

He suffered much opposition from pagan druids, and was criticized in both England and Ireland for the way he conducted his mission.

In a relatively short time the island had experienced deeply the Christian spirit, and was prepared to send out missionaries whose efforts were greatly responsible for Christianizing Europe.

Patrick was a man of action, with little inclination toward learning. He had a rocklike belief in his vocation, in the cause he had espoused.

One of the few certainly authentic writings is his Confessio, above all an act of homage to God for having called Patrick, unworthy sinner, to the apostolate.

There is hope rather than irony in the fact that his burial place is said to be in strife-torn Ulster, in County Down.

Comment:

What distinguishes Patrick is the durability of his efforts. When one considers the state of Ireland when he began his mission work, the vast extent of his labors (all of Ireland) and how the seeds he planted continued to grow and flourish, one can only admire the kind of man Patrick must have been. The holiness of a person is known only by the fruits of his or her work.

Quote:
“Christ shield me this day: Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me” (from “The Breastplate of St. Patrick”).