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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Rev. Fr. David Okolie When I was about embarking on this year’s *annual canonical RETREAT,* one of our students asked me thus: โPlease, Fr., is it that programme wherein they would be ringing bell for you people like students? Another student quickly added this other question: โDo they flog you people there too”?๐ Well, how
Rev. Fr. David Okolie INTRODUCTION Dearest friends, I welcome you all to this Lenten talk on the topic: PRAYER: A Lenten Powerful Arm. I consider this topic very necessary and timely too because of these two reasons: 1) We are in the Lenten Season and Prayer is one of the three arms we are encouraged
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, at the *TRANSFIGURATION* scene, we have an affirmation of the person of Jesus Christ from God the Father and an invitation to always *โLISTEN TO HIM’* (cf. Mk 9:2-10). Now, *โLISTENING TO HIM’* involves OBEDIENCE to his WORDS. Obedience flows from and is rooted in *FAITH.* Thus, obedience to
ย Rev. Fr. David Okolie Beloved Catholics, you must have observed that the priest blesses the faithful with a *CRUCIFIX* after the Stations of the Cross during the Lenten Season. Have you paused before to ask why he does that? Well, the Church attaches a *PLENARY INDULGENCE* to the Stations of the Cross within the
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, do you know that the same role that NOAH’S ARK played in helping to save some persons from being destroyed by the FLOOD (cf. Gen 6:13-22) is the same role that the CHURCH is still playing in helping to save persons from the destruction of the WORLD? I will
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, this year, 2024, we experienced a RARE CONVERGENCE of Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday; a convergence of *LOVE and PENANCE.* Now, unlike the usual love lyrics, we experienced a dominance of PENANCE and ASHES everywhere today, February 14, 2024 and this has a very powerful message for all of
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, you must have known that this year’s LENTEN SEASONย would commence on Wednesday, February 14, 2024; which would be ASH WEDNESDAY. So, we hope to provide some posts that would really be of help to you and I within the season. Just try to stay tuned๐๐ผ Meanwhile, we have decided
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, you and I know that CHARITY is a Christian virtue that is most enduring. Thus, the Scriptures affirm: โBut for now, these three last forever: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is CHARITY” (cf. 1 Cor 13:13). โCHARITY is a supernatural gift of God by which
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, In our world today, a number of Christians no longer see the need to keep PREACHING the Gospel Message.ย In fact, recently, a friend of mine confronted me and demanded to know why I should keep preaching. According to him, whatever I am trying to say are things people already
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, amidst the many reactions that have followed the publication of the document โFIDUCIA SUPLICANS‘ (i.e the document that recommends non-liturgical blessings for the Same-sex persons), I have seen certain reasons to say โThanks’. Now, from the very day that this document was published (i.e December 18, 2023), I have