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PRAYERS AND HUMAN AGENTS

PRAYERS AND HUMAN AGENTS

When you ask God for daily “bread,” remember that you are asking him for a human product because bread cannot be produced without human beings. When you ask him for a job, remember that the enabling environment that would create…

WHERE THEN DOES GOD COME IN?

WHERE THEN DOES GOD COME IN?

The question that many would be asking is: if our material success depends on our ability to harness our talents, resources, and spirit of teamwork, where then does God come in, or what then is the essence of belief in…

“Deliver us from all evil”

When we ask God to deliver or protect us from evils

When we ask God to deliver or protect us from evils, we are simply asking him to assist us as we solve our problems by ourselves. When we are sick, surrounded by land grabbers, in a just war, or going…

ALL SAINTS DAY: ORIGIN AND MEANING

ALL SAINTS DAY: ORIGIN AND MEANING

Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of all saints. This means all those who have found their way to heaven, irrespective of their beliefs, nationality, colour, or language, whether known or unknown, are celebrated today. The origin of All…

REFORMATION DAY

REFORMATION DAY

On 31 October 1517, the then Catholic [Augustinian] monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of All Saints’ Church and other churches in Wittenberg, Germany. He detailed the areas he thought needed change in the church. This…

IT IS ALREADY 22 YEARS!

Bishop Mark Unegbu

Exactly 22 years ago, on the evening of October 31, 2002, Bishop Mark Unegbu, who was the Catholic bishop of Owerri from 1970 to 1993, departed from us. I still vividly remember that evening when the news was broken to…