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babestell: Hi everyone.

This weekend I was opportuned to witness the universality of our faith at Lourdes. In the evening by 9pm, people of all nations would gather in honour of Our Lady to pray rhe rosary in procession. The decades are said in different languages but you respond in yours. So many people, One faith

I am so proud to be Catholic.

Also there is a candle burning at Lourdes for the intentions of all who have ever posted or read this thread. May the good Lord answer our prayer. Immaculate Conception pray for us

Amen Amen, God bless you

Hidentity: Good evening friends. This is my first time here... So, I guess I am a fresher.

You are highly welcome dear brother, it's a pleasure having you in our midst, feel free to come around often and interact with us and may God bless you abundantly. Once again, WELCOME!

Happy sunday brethren may the joy of the Lord be our strength.

diceman1: Supposing it's not his. What do you say?

Priceless24: See you in 9 months uncle

Suicide mission

mumumugu: placed a raw bean seed in his hand and said, "Want to hear something amazing? This is how small your baby is right now." His face would go from confusion to joy and tears. It was wonderful.


write, "Hi Daddy, I can't wait to meet you!" on ur belly with a washable marker. asked ur husband to come look at a mark on her belly. When he sees the message, he would nearly keeled over..



When bothof you are eating , say, 'We're so glad to see you!' he would be confused and say , 'We, who?' All u have to do was smile and put ur hand on ur belly. he would ge t it immediately.


Write “Daddy” in lipstick on your bathroom wall or mirror before he wakes up



others

Not sure the bold will convey that massage. 1,2,3. On point

musKeeto:

Oga rich4god, abeg, im just a mosquito. Forfeit and foray.

That's berra

musKeeto: Na your name? Abeg, shift enter oncoming nama.

That's my son you are talking to, be careful o

musKeeto: E don theresa since person see u for this canopy.

Bros I full ground oo

Rich4god:

Son me, imagine that call out

musKeeto: SALLLLLLLLLLLL CCCCCCCCCCC.......

Oga musKeeto na wetin na?

KiddaBlingzz: Thats my mumsy!!

i'm doing very good.
you? hope the sabbatical was worth its purpose?

Thank God you are fine, lol @ sabbatical, all is well

Rich4god: Day 7
Reflection from... Matt 6:2-4
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2 “So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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The message here is simple... When we give, we shouldnt let anyone know what we are doing in other not to recieve praise from them. In simple form, we shouldnt base our giving on external conditions... Such as; giving to recieve praise from friends: giving in other to impress friends; giving in other to make us look righteous in the eyes of others; giving because we dont want to be singled out as someone who doesnt give or to show that we are equal to the task; giving because others said we should do so or because a condition led to it... These are the type of giving that Christ condems... Rather, Christ is telling us that when we give, we should give because our heart wants to give; we should give because we saw a loop hole in the life of our neighbour and truly wants to fill it; we should give because we know its our duty to give; we should give because we see one another as brothers and sisters in Christ. Let your giving not based on any condition... Take a lot at this scenario from Mr A, Mr B and Mr C who leave side by side to each other.
Mr A is passing through a hard time, so he didnt have much to eat while Mr B and Mr C have enough for theirselve...
So on a sunday, Mr B cooked enough food and puts it in the fridge, hoping that its going to last for days, even though he knows that Mr A dont have anything to eat that day. Unfortunately, there was no light from that time even till the next morning. So Mr B decided to give some of it to Mr A so as to reduce the amount that might waste as a result of power outage.
On the other hand, Mr C knowing that Mr A dont have anything to each, decided to prepare enough food for both of them, after which he gave Mr A his own ration...
Now, among Mr B and Mr C, who do you think is a better neighbour to Mr A.... Both of them gave food to Mr A, but one person gave out of a condition, (in which if the condition is missing, he wouldnt have bothered to give) and the other person gave out genuinly because he wanted to help...
In summary, we should learn to give wihtout any condition and also try not to expect any form of appreciation from those we gave to... For true appreciation and reward comes from God who sees all that we do in this life....

We pray that God will help us to learn how to be a true giver... For its in giving that we recieve.... [s]pardon my grammatical structure... Was typing under duress[/s]

Nice one

KiddaBlingzz: welcome mum. I missed you very much!
And yes they did something to me o! They pursued me and never called me again even when i dropped in a couple of times in your absence asking of you

since you're back, you can be sure i am too

my one and only mumsy!

What did you bring for me na?

Aww I thought as much, am back now to deal with anyone who did anything to you. I brought you many kiddies goodies. How are you?

vest: helo any body home

Yes, how has your day been

KiddaBlingzz: lol! Baffles me how you guys only remember me when my mumsy shows up.....

I don't think so, I think some people here are yet to start spelling your moniker correctly and so you don't get mentions when the mention you.

Rich4god: You can ask na... If e pass my power, I go relate to my fellow Vincentians...

Umm

btoks: Thanks, I've been a keen observer for a few years, rarely commented until recently when I got fed up with the continuous false anti catholic statements from the usuals. It amazes me how they continue to defend sola scriptura when the concept itself cannot be proven from the bible. My fear is really for those catholics not too strong in their faith who get swayed by the comments of these people.

Nice thread, I'll endeavour to pop in as and when I can.
God bless

Welcome bro

jnrbayano: Good morning brethren.

Wishing you all a nice day.

Same to you bro

Ok, yet they themselves violate other countries' airspace, They just did to Syria what Iran did to them.

America created the IS in the guise of "Free Syria army" now they have to fight their once freedom fighters. Crazy!

vest: Good Mawnin Peeps.

Good morning to you bro.

Rich4god: Day 6
Refelection from Mark 10:17-31
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17 As Jesus was starting out on his way to
Jerusalem, a man came running up to him,
knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what
must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked.
“Only God is truly good. 19 But to answer
your question, you know the
commandments: ‘You must not murder. You
must not commit adultery. You must not
steal. You must not testify falsely. You must
not cheat anyone. Honor your father and
mother.’[a]”
20 “Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve obeyed
all these commandments since I was
young.”
21 Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine
love for him. “There is still one thing you
haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all
your possessions and give the money to the
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.”
22 At this the man’s face fell, and he went
away sad, for he had many possessions.
23 Jesus looked around and said to his
disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to
enter the Kingdom of God!”24 This amazed
them. But Jesus said again, “Dear children, it
is very hard[b] to enter the Kingdom of God.
25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle than for a rich
person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
26 The disciples were astounded. “Then
who in the world can be saved?” they asked.
27 Jesus looked at them intently and said,
“Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not
with God. Everything is possible with God.”
28 Then Peter began to speak up. “We’ve
given up everything to follow you,” he said.
29 “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you
that everyone who has given up house or
brothers or sisters or mother or father or
children or property, for my sake and for the
Good News,30 will receive now in return a
hundred times as many houses, brothers,
sisters, mothers, children, and property—
along with persecution. And in the world to
come that person will have eternal life.31
But many who are the greatest now will be
least important then, and those who seem
least important now will be the greatest
then.
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Jesus said..."How hard is it for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God". He made this statement not just once but twice. Does it mean that its wrong for someone to be rich? Well, for me I dont think so. But Jesus is against the character and attitude that most rich man display. The past two days, our reflection have been about rich men... It means that, as a rich man there is more for you to do. From the passage, the rich man wasnt happy after Christ told him to sell his possession and give it to the poor. So many of us are like that. We find it difficult to use our wealth/resource to help and establish someone in need because we feel its not our duty. We so much portray the spirit of negligence mainly because we dont associate with the poor. As a rich person, we associate with people of our class, work with people of our class, leave in an area that harbours only people of our class, allow only those we know we have business with to visit us... When then will we have time to see and help the poor. Here, Christ just gave us the secret that the rich men of our previous reflection didnt know... "how to build up treasures in heaven"... The other rich men have the resource here on earth, but they couldnt use it to build up treasures in heaven, but here, Christ have given us the secret... By helping the needy with our wealth, we build up treasures in heaven that will be waiting for us on the last day. Just as we see it as a duty to deposit our money in banks, we should also see it as a duty to devout our time building up treasures in heaven...

We pray that God will help us to devout more of our time and resource in helping the needy... For its in given that we get to build up treasures...

Good one again and God bless you for sharing.
I know this is novena exhortation otherwise I would have loved to ask two little questions, one on the reflection and another on the context.

Good morning brethren and do have a blessed day ahead.

Well we are still patiently waiting and hoping

Rich4god: Cant wait... KiddaBlingzz ran away cos he doesnt want to wash plate...

You know, I was about asking what you people did to KiddaBlingzz in my absence, he ran away completely

#BringbackmyKiddaBlingzz.

Rich4god: Good mornng friends... Wishing you all a wonderful day...

Do have a gracious day dear

Rich4god: Day 5
.Reflection from Luke 12:13-21
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13 Someone in the crowd said to him,
“Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family
inheritance with me.”14 But he said to him,
“Friend, who set me to be a judge or
arbitrator over you?”15 And he said to
them, “Take care! Be on your guard against
all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not
consist in the abundance of possessions.”
16 Then he told them a parable: “The land of
a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he
thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I
have no place to store my crops?’18 Then
he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my
barns and build larger ones, and there I will
store all my grain and my goods.19 And I
will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample
goods laid up for many years; relax, eat,
drink, be merry.’20 But God said to him,
‘You fool! This very night your life is being
demanded of you. And the things you have
prepared, whose will they be?’21 So it is
with those who store up treasures for
themselves but are not rich toward God.”
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The lesson in this passage is some what similar to yesterday's own. We neglect the fact that God gave us a command to help the poor ones among us. Taking a look at the passage, we get to see that the man has laboured and has harvested so much in return/as a reward. Watch this, God didnt complain about him "labouring"... But about the way he handled his harvest/wealth. Its not bad for someone to labour hard for his dialy living, its not bad for someone to have so much wealth... But the question is, how do you make use of the wealth/harvest that you have laboured for. Do you just stock it up for yourself without putting into account those around you. Do you raise your shoulder so high in the company of others because you feel you have so much, therefore you dont need to be humble in front of anyone. Do you severe your relatonship with your friends/brothers/relations because you feel comfortable with your wealth and so dont need their relationship anymore. Do you associate with people of your class because you see the others as inferior to you. Do you make investment/expenditure just for youself (and your nuclear family) without putting into consideration your relations/neihgbours who are in need. Do you use your wealth to trample on the right of others and surppress justice for the needy. Do you try to build up treasures for yourself in heaven by using the wealth you have here on earth. Remember the bible passage where Christ said we should build up treasures for ourself in heaven where thiefs cannot break in and nothing can destroy it.
Today, God is telling us to use our wealth wisely, for we dont know the day that we will leave this earth, and the wealth that we so much cherish and laboured for will end up in the hands of someone who didnt even contribute a dime to it...
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We pray today that God will help us to not only build up wealth on earth, but to also build up wealth in heaven so that when we die, our heavenly wealth will be waiting for us... For it is in given that we recieve...

Thanks for this....

It is not surprising to see in our world today, that most of us think of acquiring the best of everything we can think of, but we seldom see us trying the best we can to help others, yet it is in helping others we pile up treasures in heaven not by providing excessively for ourselves..... If we can take few minutes break and consider what it means to be "a rich fool" maybe it will instill in us the conciseness to seek more of the heavenly treasure and not cling tenaciously to our earthly possessions. To acquire rich isn't bad but it is wiser to use it for the good of our soul and that of the people who we are privileged to find in their time of need. ...

vest: Purgatory is real and i dnt see how talking about it amounts to terrorising people. whether u believe in Purgatory or not is not my problem. u will know when d time comes.

EPIC!!!

Ukutsgp: @cktheluckyman.

what u posted there is rubbish. here is d truth in case u did nt comprehend the post u quoted. summary

What
the text is actually saying is that after
His crucifixion Jesus was made alive in
the Spirit in the same way He was when
He, through Noah and his ministry,
proclaimed the truth to those alive then.
In other words, through Noah, Jesus, in
the time as the flood, preached
repentance to the lost world prior. And
these people are now in Hades or the
prison. Jesus did not go to Hades and
proclaim to spirits there. Instead the
spirits of men which are there now (or
there at the time of Peter’s writing)
were people Jesus proclaimed to while
they were alive at the time of Noah.

Jesus did not go to any spirit world.

See twisting.
Fine so what is the significance of Christ being made alive in the spirit in which he preached through Noah?

For christ died for sin once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually, and in his spiritual existence he went to preach to imprisoned spirits. These were the spirit of those who had not obeyed God when he waited patiently during the days that Noah was building his boat, the few people in the boat-eight in all- were saved by the water. 1 Pet 3:18-20

Ukutsgp: first. mention d sin not leading to death for me? is fornication, adultery, lying etc. what is d sin pls.

You just said I am ignorant of the bible, how comes you want an ignorant person to teach you. God ahead and answer my question or are you saying the scripture was wrong for saying there is a sin which does not lead to death?

Ukutsgp: stop d crude joke. how does that simple verse relate to purgatory.

Let me put it in a way you can comprehend, what are those verses talking about, answer my question or can't you find a place to copy and paste answers to my questions

Ukutsgp: i dnt need to defend it cos d fact is so clear that even a small child will know that it is fake.

dnt u copy and paste too?

Well I didn't see any fact there let alone a clear one, you should fish out the facts for us to see.

I seldom copy peoples' work and if I do, I will be ready to defend it unlike you.

I have not even started and you are already running away, just go back and answer my question and stop this childish one liners,

vest: I Swear He Can't

I Dare Him

I already know that guy, it requires a lot of patience to address his case