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Oby1:
ok, i will find one of my parts to post don't worry tomorrow u will see it

shebi na your finger we go expect?
me sef go try edit to get my teeth
i no get pix wey i smile show teeth, i go take one today

Todays Saint

Blessed Mother Marianne Cope

(1838-1918)
Though leprosy scared off most people in 19th-century Hawaii, that disease sparked great generosity in the woman who came to be known as Mother Marianne of Molokai. Her courage helped tremendously to improve the lives of its victims in Hawaii, a territory annexed to the United States during her lifetime (1898).
Mother Marianne’s generosity and courage were celebrated at her May 14, 2005, beatification in Rome. She was a woman who spoke “the language of truth and love” to the world, said Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. Cardinal Martins, who presided at the beatification Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, called her life “a wonderful work of divine grace.” Speaking of her special love for persons suffering from leprosy, he said, “She saw in them the suffering face of Jesus. Like the Good Samaritan, she became their mother.”

On January 23, 1838, a daughter was born to Peter and Barbara Cope of Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. The girl was named after her mother. Two years later the Cope family immigrated to the United States and settled in Utica, New York. Young Barbara worked in a factory until August 1862, when she went to the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York. After profession in November of the next year, she began teaching at Assumption parish school.

Marianne held the post of superior in several places and was twice the novice mistress of her congregation. A natural leader, three different times she was superior of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, where she learned much that would be useful during her years in Hawaii.

Elected provincial in 1877, Mother Marianne was unanimously re-elected in 1881. Two years later the Hawaiian government was searching for someone to run the Kakaako Receiving Station for people suspected of having leprosy. More than 50 religious communities in the United States and Canada were asked. When the request was put to the Syracuse sisters, 35 of them volunteered immediately. On October 22, 1883, Mother Marianne and six other sisters left for Hawaii where they took charge of the Kakaako Receiving Station outside Honolulu; on the island of Maui they also opened a hospital and a school for girls.

In 1888, Mother Marianne and two sisters went to Molokai to open a home for “unprotected women and girls” there. The Hawaiian government was quite hesitant to send women for this difficult assignment; they need not have worried about Mother Marianne! On Molokai she took charge of the home that Blessed Damien DeVeuster (d. 1889) had established for men and boys. Mother Marianne changed life on Molokai by introducing cleanliness, pride and fun to the colony. Bright scarves and pretty dresses for the women were part of her approach.

Awarded the Royal Order of Kapiolani by the Hawaiian government and celebrated in a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mother Marianne continued her work faithfully. Her sisters have attracted vocations among the Hawaiian people and still work on Molokai.

Mother Marianne died on August 9, 1918.


Comment:

The government authorities were reluctant to allow Mother Marianne to be a mother on Molokai. Thirty years of dedication proved their fears unfounded. God grants gifts regardless of human short-sightedness and allows those gifts to flower for the sake of the kingdom.

Quote:
Soon after Mother Marianne died, Mrs. John F. Bowler wrote in the Honolulu Advertiser, “Seldom has the opportunity come to a woman to devote every hour of 30 years to the mothering of people isolated by law from the rest of the world. She risked her own life in all that time, faced everything with unflinching courage and smiled sweetly through it all.”

lawyer:
oya viee i don come back and i really appreciate your call, your definately a good friend and gem and God will answer all your prayers both immediate and in future.

itz alrite
God will ansa yourz too
hope ur feeling beta now?

RuuDie:
Hey Viee. . . . Long time, compliments of all d seasons!

i dey!
longest time!
wish ya d same
no comments on Aussie Open?

mukina2:
Zambia scores

u dey sleep?
that one na old news

9ja4eva:
Ha Cameroon no no

Not impressive at all.Dem strike for Douala or Bamenda?

Una sure say those boys chop?

ja4eva, u don finally get genda abi na my eyes?

diz results remind me of a statement someone made
i read sumwhere that Nigeria will allow her star players to stay longer to help their teams
so will Cameroun,
we havnt learnt frm d world cup qualifiers and d after effect
other teams are coming up and are also more determined

teams lik Nig and Cameroun sadly are in denial
im sure Nig will still qualify thou

Cougar:
who is this egyptian zidan?

just read this on BBC

Mohamed Zidan joined FSV Mainz in Germany from Werder Bremen in January 2007 and scored 13 goals in 15 Bundesliga games. Mainz were still relegated, though, and he joined Hamburg in June.

In the 2003-04 season he was top scorer in the Danish league, playing for Midtjylland and scoring 19 goals

y does he remind me of Ikechukwu Uche?

i don laugh die for this place!!



Ebos so na ur mouth u still dey show us
haba!, i don tell u say ur mouth fine, make we see nose and eyes now
talking abt going away, abeg o i have a celebratn coming up soon so no go too far o

Lawyer, wetin we do u now? abeg show face!

darfur:
perhaps 2 days after rafa benites is sacked

ebos:
Shey - na my own people dey call me pawpaw? Haba, see wetin Viee start. Mak una go learn karat o

dnt mind Viee jare, we go kick am togeda

Oby1:
this one pass April fool igbo man wayo no dey finish

no mind am


guys i have been reading this article and i gotta say, it has been incisive, so i decided to post it for my friends
http://www.catholic-convert.com/Portals/0/Documents/MaryAndWorship.doc

hope it will intrest u as well

well, i hope d result of of one will be
Venus into the semis
she has been sluggish as well, while Ivanovic has really 'uped' her game
kinda have a bad feeln about this _{as a Williams fan ie}

they are even out of the doubles as well

Tsonga/Mikhail
my bet will be on Tsonga

prof ade:
Serena was very sluggish and listless in that match; I wonder what happened?

i stil dont get it
wld love to blame the blister she had but Jankovic was also injured

now now guys who predicted Henin victory
well Shar simply blew her away
6-4, 6-0
shara has been in devastating form since the tournament started
beginn to look like she will take it

at this juncture
i bid u all gnite
game don start, talk to ya moro

Carlosein:
but ebos you bad o. see how i run go check your profile like say i never see albino yellow pawpaw before.

lol

ebos:
Don't regard the little details or little distractions as totally unimportant. Our minds are pretty chaotic systems, which is why following the middle way is so difficult. It's so easy for a chaotic system to get knocked out of equilibrium, to veer off to the left, to veer off to the right. Staying in the middle is difficult; it requires a lot of balance. Anyway, I need the balance first.

explain ooo
this grammar pass me

ebos:
I said the pic is coming -

mak i warn una, d last time Ebos took diz kain time, he posted only his mouth
i suspect say na only his teeth we go see this time

Carlosein:
or more if she begin watch nations cup

lol

_{Maroc 4- Namibia 1 2nd half on going}

ebos:
@viee
Just see, since last week Viee still dey work on her teeth

almost done

Oby1:
post and lets see if viee is correct or now. I'm waiting o. Make sure u don't cut the mouth and post half of the mouth o

lol

Carlosein:
if u no wan post leave na abi na by force but if me no see full pic, no posting natin

supported!

Today's Saint

St. Agnes

Almost nothing is known of this saint except that she was very young—12 or 13—when she was martyred in the last half of the third century. Various modes of death have been suggested—beheading, burning, strangling.
Legend has it she was a beautiful girl whom many young men wanted to marry. Among those she refused, one reported her to the authorities as being a Christian. She was arrested and confined to a house of prostitution. The legend continues that a man who looked upon her lustfully lost his sight and had it restored by her prayer. She was condemned, executed and buried near Rome in a catacomb that eventually was named after her. The daughter of Constantine built a basilica in her honor.

Comment:

Like that of modern Maria Goretti, the martyrdom of a virginal young girl made a deep impression on a society enslaved to a materialistic outlook. Like Agatha, who died in similar circumstances, Agnes is a symbol that holiness does not depend on length of years, experience or human effort. It is a gift God offers to all.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, you are God, and yet you humbled yourself to the extreme of dying on the cross for my sins. Help me to overcome my arrogance and vanity, by putting your example into practice. Teach me to die to myself, so that my life may bear much fruit for others.

Oby1:
I no fit laugh Shey na ebos dey cause all this katakata which one kom b to post only mouth, wetin d mouth kom signify. ogene bikor!!!

i wish i fit edit self na only my hands for key board i go post

lol
no wahala, i get special talent, i go recoginze ur hands as well

ebos:
Haba! which one u don post?

still working on the teeth pic

lawyer:
It has been fun watching you guys from the sidelines for a whole week without saying anything. Dont worry, i never disappear. I just de siddon look for the meantime. Trust me i refresh this thread every 5 minutes to know every statement that has been written good or bad and i'll respond whenever i see something interesting thats on board, later y'all

thats not acceptable oooo
abeg make we feel ur presence!
see as we dey unjustly accuse our wifey

Carlosein:
alrite till i catch una another time prepare ya bakside for koboko.

Oby1:
For this harmattan? abeg no vex plenty

Oby help me tell am

Oby1:
e bi like sey i miss out here, ebos post d mouth again make i confirm.
yes o i know see anytin at all at all, so post again and if na only mouth, me i go find way post my eyes this time

lmao
i don laugh die for this place

Ebos see wetin u cause

ebos:
Abi you no see my face?

i no see am ooo

ebos:
I wan log-off - but as for posting the pic in full, I no fit but I may post exactly what I posted before.

ok, d day wey we go finally meet, i go try look out for that mouth
i sure say i go recognize am

i for lik post my own but that will be cheating
i dnt knw how to edit my pic to have my teeth only

ebos:
But post your own now no matter how little

my own abi d chick own?

ebos:
Yes o, I no be ripe pawpaw - that name dey make me begin charge for you

lol

ebos:
But at least you have seen it? I have not promised to show those ones.

see? i no see anything ooo
post d pic in full now , haba!
abi na only ur business girl frind suppose see am

but wait ooo, u no be ripe paw paw at all!
ur complexion fit d chick own well
ha! , this is a match made in heaven


still post d pic in full sha

lol

ok, fine mouth
can we now see d nose and eyes?

where is d pic naw?

ebos:
But she first sent to me her pic ok,

make i ask u need pic to do biz?

Pamperme:
where is the pic naw?

i no understnd oooo
Ebos, Ebos, Ebos, Ebos, Ebos!!! _{incase u slept off}

ebos:
Ok, make una promise me say una no go treat the pic bad

_{singing,shouting,screaming,chantn}

we promise we promise we promise

ebos:
ok, post your own too

haba! i neva see ur own naw
besides if your business friend can we shld as well

ebos:
ok, post your own too

However, the person don't even come to Nairaland any longer but we chat every week and it has been over 6 months now. It's purely on business purpose.

oga Ebos, i don click your profile sotay, my hand dey pain me
ok attach am here then remove as u talk

ebos:
Ok, I will attach my pic in my profile now and will remove it later just for u guys,

patiently waiting

ebos:
only one Nairaland person has my pic and I have hers because we are on business purpose and nothing more.

clears throat