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Rose2014:
Amen. Good morning

Morning to you and welcome to our midst...

LENTEN PACKAGE FOR WEEKEND: Hosea 15:15-6:1-6, Lk. 18:9-14. Jesus in today's Gospel presents two contrasting personalities: one faithfully obeying the law to the smallest detail and the other considering himself to be a sinner because he served the interest of the Roman exploiters. What is striking, however, is the difference between their manner of praying. The Pharisee hardly prays at all. By boasting about his "righteousness", he simply pleases himself and not God. He is, in effect, denying that he needs God. He also exalts himself at the expense of others. The parable immediately makes clear that he entered the Temple without humility and love. He is the centre of his own thoughts and self-appraisal. Everything he did - the fasting, the paying of tithes - was good. But all the goodness of these works was, however undone by his pride: he attributed merit to himself and he had contempt for others. Both humility and charity were lacking, and without these there can be neither good works nor any virtue. In contrast, the tax collector humbly acknowledges his sinfulness and sincerely begs God's forgiveness. This is the essence of true prayer - a simple acknowledgement of one's sinfulness and nothingness before God manifesting one's need for God. This is the point of the prophet Hosea in the first reading. He enjoins us to return to the Lord. "Though He has torn us to pieces, He will heal us." So, let us turn to the throne of grace with humility of heart seeking for mercy. May the Lord grant us His mercy and show us His steadfast love! Amen!! Good morning and happy weekend!!!

My little advice... Take it... Always go to work with your CV and cover letter... Then try giving it out among the wealthy ones that come to refill in your station... You never can tell what you could get from there...
On a side note, dressing smart and doing things a little diff frm the normal SSCE attendant might indirectly push you ahead... Goodluck...

SalC:
Rich4God and Kamsified more power to your viewing powers

lol.. We are already at the top of the viewing chain... So no need for more power...

From dust we shall return to dust... RIP to all those that were killed yesterday... He who pulled the trigger that killed this girl will definitely get as mmuch bullet as their are fish sellers in lekki...

Truth be told... Book haram or no boko haram, Chadian security forced are more fierced and organized than ours. Ranging from their police, customs, immigration and then their military with a good airforce. Its a pity that Nigeria security outfit have been reduced to a very shameful state when compared to the 70s and 80s...

LENTEN MENU: Hosea 14:2-10, Mk 12:28-34. Throughout the Scripture we read continually of the love of God for us. He lets us know this in various ways. He assures us that, though a mother might forget about the child of her womb, He will never forget about us. For He leads us by the hand so as to have us always within sight. The prophet Hosea is a living embodiment of the triumph of God's love over the repeated infidelities and hypocritical conversions of His people. Through him Israel at last recognises that human alliances will not save her, nor will man-made gods, or empty holocausts, but love, expressed in faithfulness to the Covenant. In order to save us and bring us back to Himself, He sent His only-begotten Son so that, in giving up His life, He would redeem us from the state we had fallen into. This very love moves Him to give Himself to us in a habitual way, restating us to the original solitude with God. The unicity of God calls for one's undivided love. Love for God and neighbour stands above all other commandments. God, with His saving love, is the source of our love for Him and for one another. This God-centred love takes priority over rituals and Cultic sacrifices. This dual commandments of love is the fullness and essence of the entire law. However, just as God and neighbour are not the same, the love for God is not the same as the love for neighbour. God should be loved above all; neighbour should be loved as oneself. May the Lord restrain us from all human waywardness so that we may always be faithful to God's Commandments! Amen!! Good morning and Peace be with you!!!

I can see my zing... How are you doing dear...

Syncan and salc... My googles dey view two of Una...

owobokiri:
where are the condom packs?

dem no need condom na. Na ahead ahead dem dey do...

Playing politics with human lives... God bless the NA.

Nigeria... A nation of everyday one problem..

BTW... Where is your source and pepper.

SalC:
And Jnrbayano been looking for my trouble during lent

lolz... So u mean say him na Lenten temptation...

I can see my zing around... Dancing sekem...

Morning friends...

LENTEN DIGEST: Jer. 7:23-28, Lk. 11:14-23. "But if it by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you." Jesus has come to inaugurate God's Kingdom on earth. This marks the progressive and decisive defeat of the evil in all its forms: demonic possession, sickness, immorality, injustice, tyranny... In Jesus' time people did not ask "What caused the sickness?" But rather, "Who caused the sickness?" Luke relates that the person's inability to speak is caused by a demon called "Mute". In the exorcism ritual the possessed spirit is first identified by a name and then driven out using its own name. A mute spirit is no match for Jesus who is "One stronger who attacks and defeats him" (v 21). But Jesus' power over the demon is being put to question by some who witnessed the exorcism. They do not deny the healing, but they say that Jesus is in league with Beelzebub. This is because they have closed their hearts to Him. We become so blind to some certain realities in life and in our relationship with God when our heart is so closed. Non-believers come out with any excuse to justify their hardness of heart. Amazing, the excuses we come up with in justification of the hardness our heart, God's power will always prevail. May the Lord in His bounty give us the Spirit to think and do what is right, and so open up for the divine grace! Amen!! Good morning, it is well with you!!!

God bless their effort... Anything that will end BH menace in this country is welcomed...

jnrbayano:
SalC is our Ogene

lolz... Electronic one for that matter...

Kamsified:
In a whisper* Did you see my mail

ye... Saw it...

LENTEN BOUQUET: Jer. 17:5-10, Lk. 16:19-31. In this period of Lent the Church in this regard calls out to us frequently so that we may disengage ourselves from the things of earth, and thus fill our hearts with God. The prophet Jeremiah in the first reading calls for absolute trust in God because the Lord looks after a soul which has placed its heart in Him. He who puts his confidence in earthly concerns, whose heart turns from the Lord, is condemned to be barren and ineffective with respect to what really matters. The Lord wants us to be concerned about the things of earth and to love them in the right way but not in the manner that it will turn us away from God. The love and care of wealth of the rich man in today's Gospel landed him in burning furnace. The rich man is so caught up with the things of the world and with his own self-interests that these prevent him from even becoming aware of the needs of another. If we belong to the privileged few of our society, where a good percentage live below the poverty line, we are challenged to take note of them and their very existence. To ignore their plight is to ignore God. Unlike the Pharisees, who used spurious religious reasoning to justify their good fortune, thereby living with a drugged conscience in their private comfort, we are called to be more concern about the welfare of others. May the Lord turn our hearts to Himself, and may He kindle in us the fire of the Holy Spirit, so that we may be steadfast in faith and unwearied in good works! Amen!! Good morning, it is well with you!!!

Syncan:
I see you bro.

you guys did a nice job... Happy to have mentioned you both.

Ubenedictus:
It is good to come to a thread and read through smiling, syncan and salc are u sure u are not married?

Silvoice welcome dear, they have covered most issue, remember to send d invitation when its time.

don't tell me you don't the reason we call salc mumsy...

You no do summary for school...

@mazimc... Plz let us knw the name of the news paper once the list is out.

So you see these yeye pti...dem no go call some pple to come collect their letter so that them go fit corner d tin. Naija eh...

Mazimc:
Up till now, there is no LO 1 in Petroleum and Natural Gas Processing Department. And I am in Warri now and have been to the department but yet no offer for the five of us that attended interview.

seems you are in warri... Plz can you just hv me a flash on this number... 08174401715... Plz am waiting.

After person go come say the army are been barbaric in killing book guys.

jeniro:
pls what's d way forward with the court thing I need updates Oo

we need to first connect to that lady whose mum is lawyer for consultation... Then we try and push this to FP... Hoping to hear from sirblock, bbusuyem and co before we start pushing for FP....

Its really painful to me that I don't have the contacts of my sets... I just really need to hold on to something as we push for this... Any way, I think its high time we get the attention of the mods so they can push this to FP... busuyem jeniro jkels n co, wats ur say.

undefeated:
OGA ENOUGH MALAMS WERE CALLED N I DONT KNOW Y, WONDERING WHAT THEY R COMING TO TEACH, JUST DESTROYING MY ALMA MATA IN THE NAME OF QUOTA

Guy... We don't need this here...