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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, a number of Catholics who have been hearing about Holy Days of Obligation since childhood may not have been able to know more about such Holy Days. Now, Holy Days of Obligation are those Days which are NOT Sundays but are meant to be treated as Sundays because of the
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, the CHRISTIAN LOVE is also called CHARITY. This Charity is one of the 3 Theological virtues; the other 2 being Faith and Hope. They are called Theological virtues because they are infused into the soul by God alone (cf. CCC, n. 1813). Hence, the Catechism defines Charity as “the
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, just early this month, precisely, April 2, 2024, the Vatican published a POWERFUL document which unambiguously affirms the position of the Catholic Church on the recent ideological trends of our world; namely: Transgenderism, Abortion, Surrogacy, Euthanasia, etc. I have decided to summarise the document so that all of us
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Indeed, I was greeted with a GREAT SILENCE that only suggested the DIVINE PRESENCE the day I drove into the Benedictine Monastery in Umuoji, Anambra state. I wondered why people would ever reject the PLEASURES of this world only to be secluded in such an isolated place. When eventually I found myself
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, we surely do not need much logic to convince us that our Lord Jesus Christ is the *GOOD SHEPHERD.* This is because, the qualities of a good shepherd are quite glaring in his entire life and ministry. These exceptional qualities culminated in laying down his LIFE for his Sheep (cf.
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Just recently, dearest friends, I had an interaction with a friend of mine during which he expressed his disappointment towards his Alma mater (the Secondary school he attended), because of how the school has fallen from the *pinnacle of EXCELLENCE to the oblivion of MEDIOCRITY.* According to him, he came to
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, do you know that every Eucharistic Celebration (Holy Mass) is made up of *TWO inseparable Tables,* namely: The Table of the WORD and the Table of the EUCHARIST? While the former is composed of: the readings, the homily and the general intercession, the latter is composed of: the presentation
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, the above may likely be a question in the minds of some Catholics now. What are we really expected to be doing now that the Lenten Season of *FASTING, ABSTINENCE, PRAYER, etc.* is over? Are we now into ‘Jolly Jolly’ season? Beloved friends, the above is not what it
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends and people of goodwill all over the world, at this time in history, it pleases God that we all ponder anew one of his Commandments that is frequently violated in our world today through various means. It is the 5th Commandment of God thus: *“Thou Shalt Not Kill”* (cf.
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, with the concrete manifestation of *GOD’S MERCY* for the sinful humankind on the Cross, it still pleases our Lord Jesus Christ to *PERPETUATE* this his act of Mercy through the institution of the Sacrament of *CONFESSION* (cf. Jn 20:19-23). Thus, this Sacrament, in the truest sense of it, is