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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Dearest friends, there is no doubt that I had already known the maternal care of the Blessed Virgin Mary right from my minor seminary days. However, it was in my Philosophy 2 that I came in contact with the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title: Our Mother of Perpetual Help. In that my Philosophy 2,
Dearest friends, one of the rich traditions of the Church that is fast eluding our present generation of Christians is the consciousness of PRAYING WITH MARY whenever we gather to pray. Perhaps, the new generation PENTECOSTAL movements have tried to reduce the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Christian prayers to nothing and unfortunately,
Dearest friends, just like Jesus Christ, we ought to love everyone, irrespective of people’s sexual orientation; however, we also have the OBLIGATION to remind everyone that Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexual, Fornication, Adultery, Masturbation, Transgender, etc. are SINFUL lifestyles. We encourage those involved, just like Jesus Christ too, to REPENT (cf. Mk 1:15)🙏🏼 Please, let us understand
Dearest friends, it is increasingly becoming obvious that our world is morally sinking because a number of Christians (Pastors and Faithful) are not ready to bear WITNESS to the TRUTH. Thus, many are sacrificing truth on the altars of POSITION, FAME and RICHES. Well, the fact remains that whenever a Christian fails to bear witness to
Dearest friends, it was Thomas à Kempis who said that: “What one is at the beginning of one’s conversion is not often what one remains at the end of one’s profession.” Indeed, the above proves to be true in the lives of many influential men and women, who were very devoted to God and at
Dearest friends, it is good to remind ourselves that Premarital or Extramarital sexual gratification (Fornication, adultery, lesbianism, homosexuality, etc.) is SINFUL and requires sincere REPENTANCE. If you are already addicted to either of them, please, do not lose hope. Remember that St. Augustine was once into such lifestyle but he cried to God and God saved
Dearest friends, it is possible that in the minds of some Catholics, this may be the question: What are we really expected to be doing now that the Lenten and Easter Seasons are over? Are we now into ‘Jolly’ Season’? Actually, our Christian Faith helps us to understand that there is no ‘holiday’ in our
Dearest friends, an ordinary but a seemingly common understanding of who a father is, is simply, he who is directly involved in the biological bringing into the world a child/children. Not only that people seem to have only the above as the understanding of who a father is, but also, those who are fathers, more
Dearest friends, it is always easier to accept that the HARVEST is plentiful but what is quite difficult to understand is what makes the LABOURERS FEW. The HARVEST in the above stands for ‘the people of God who need to be taken care of spiritually and otherwise, such that the salvation promised by God may
Dearest friends, the Heart of Mary has been fittingly identified as IMMACULATE; which is a level of PURITY that cannot be equalled. This Immaculate Heart of Mary is so CLOSELY UNITED with the Sacred Heart of Jesus such that the two cannot possibly be separated from each other. Thus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary earnestly