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Victornezzar:
why always dis state

divicode:
Wicked Wike, these are your boys

Lancelott:
The particular role of Mary
Among the Saints, the Blessed Virgin Mary plays a unique and privileged role.
As we've established, God, in choosing to become Man, ordained that men and women participate in the redemption of the human race. Therefore the Catechism prefixes any discussion of Mary with the following text:
487: What the Catholic faith believes about Mary is based on what it believes about Christ, and what it teaches about Mary illumines, in turn, its faith in Christ.
Notice the emphasis: Everything we believe about Mary is related to the Incarnation and it illuminates our Christian faith. To that end, Mary becomes our model of the perfect disciple. Nowhere is this more evident than in her response to the Angel Gabriel.
"Let it be done to me according to your word . . ."
With these words, Mary allowed God's eternal plan for our salvation to become manifest in our time and space.
The Catechism puts it this way:
"Let it be done to me according to your word. . ."
494 At the announcement that she would give birth to "the Son of the Most High" without knowing man, by the power of the Holy Spirit, Mary responded with the obedience of faith, certain that "with God nothing will be impossible": "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word." Thus, giving her consent to God's word, Mary becomes the mother of Jesus. Espousing the divine will for salvation wholeheartedly, without a single sin to restrain her, she gave herself entirely to the person and to the work of her Son; she did so in order to serve the mystery of redemption with him and dependent on him, by God's grace:
As St. Irenaeus says,
"Being obedient she became the cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race."
Hence not a few of the early Fathers gladly assert:
"The knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience: what the virgin Eve bound through her disbelief, Mary loosened by her faith."
Comparing her with Eve, they call Mary "the Mother of the living" and frequently claim: "Death through Eve, life through Mary."
Mary, by agreeing to bring Jesus into the world, became a "cause" of our Salvation.
In doing so, she mediated between Heaven and earth. Therefore, the Church gives Mary certain titles such as Mediatrix of all Grace and Co-Redemptrix.
Again, when we hear titles such as these, we must always remember that these titles are in no way equating Mary to Jesus. To the contrary, they are meant to be understood in relationship to Jesus Christ. Mary is what she is by grace and by virtue of being "in Christ." Since Jesus Christ is the source of all grace and Mary brought Jesus into the world, Mary is the Mediatrix of grace. Since she cooperated with God's redemptive plan, she is Co-Redemptrix.

Lancelott:
We all have our beliefs...personally we don't worship idols but if you insist on getting an explanation, do you know idolatry is not about idols alone?? Your phone could be an idol, your pastor or imam could be an idol...the question is where is the origin of Christendom traced to?? well the idolaters you despise.. I don't disrespect people's religion cos we are taught to be accepting not condemning.. look at Pope Francis... but Nigerians are here firing shots not from their beliefs but from what their church teaches... so what's the difference between you and I... that means the Angel Gabriel was an idolatrous being since he said hail Mary or you skipped that Bible part?? Elizabeth must have been an idolatrous being from your logic because she said blessed are you among women.... the prayer is coined from the bible and the ending part of the Hail Mary prays for us at the hour of our death... is that wrong??
Don't get me wrong bro the statue thing might be a hoax... but don't come at my faith like that

Vioncy:
If it was marked with razor it would have been preferable.....but this one u'd see marks that look like they used matchet to make a rig on peoples face

jbhill:
AND BUHARI IZ.........?

bigfrancis21:
Port Harcourt....the land of my birth!

Eli port-harcourt buru oma....anu meka we!

BiafraBushBoy:
The P.H I know is very ugly!!

IYANGBALI: