Nigeria Catholic Network (NCN) is the one stop integrated network for all that concerns the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Here you find news and information on the structures, administration, sacramental life, institutions, groups, organs, events, and much more, in the Church in Nigeria. This is an initiative of the National Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, (CSN), the Communication Office of the Catholic Bishopsโ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)
FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, As we are fast approaching the great Mystery of the INCARNATION (i.e the MYSTERY of taking up of the human flesh by Jesus Christ), let us remind ourselves again, the REASON for such Divine Exchange. Now, the REASONS of Christ taking human flesh are fourfold:ย 1. In order to
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, Christmas is uniquely characterized by an unparalleled JOY. This JOY stems primarily from the spiritual significance of Christmas embodied in the name EMMANUEL โ โGod is with usโ (cf. Matt 1:23). Who would not be JOYFUL when God is with him/her? ๐๐ผWe express an anticipation of this CHRISTMAS JOYย on
ย Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, Normally, there are various preparations for Christmas Celebration (The Coming of Christ). While some of these preparations are not bad in themselves, some of them are not only bad but are antithetical to the very Reason of the Season (i.e Jesus Christ). The Church calls our consciousness to
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, inasmuch as our Faith is rational, it is not totally reduced to rationalism. Where REASON stops, FAITH carries us through. According to Sรธren Kierkegaard, โFaith is a leap into the dark.” Even in such a leap, we are so hopeful and โour hope will never fail us”, according to
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, It is important that we note that in the Solemnity of the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary, not as a SUPER BEING but as a HUMBLE CREATURE in whom the GRACE of God triumphed exceedingly. Indeed, the above is the summary of the teachings of the
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, It has really been up to hundred years since the advent of CATHOLICISM in many parts of Nigeria and other countries, if not all; but a great number of the faithful do not yet know the Ten Commandments, responses at Mass, and how to pray the basic Catholic prayers
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, The CHRISTIAN APOCALYPSE is understood in the Church as the events prophesied in the Holy Scriptures about the โSecond Coming‘ of Jesus Christ and the End of Life on earth. It has nothing to do with the rapture, doomsday and Armageddon, developed in some sects. This is because the
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, Through the price of his own blood, Jesus Christ has gained eternal glory; which sets him above all that is in heaven, on earth and under the earth (cf. Phil 2:6-11). He is the UNIVERSAL KING. He is the Ruler of the Kings of the earth (cf. Rev 1:5).
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, As Christians, we strongly believe that our lives will NOT end in FUTILITY. Hence, bodily DEATH ushers us into another realm of existence (Heaven or Hell; not excluding the intermediate โ Purgatory), which will be determined by the judgment of God. Thus, DEATH is the end of man’s earthly
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, God does not actually forbid us from acquiring the things we can call ours. But the problem is how we use what we have acquired. PRIVATE OWNERSHIPย of property has to do with the exclusive right of an individual or a group in the control over a thing acquired. This
