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God desires a clean heart, a sincere spirit, and a life that reflects His holiness. Allow Jesus to cleanse and renew you. When God takes His rightful place in your heart, your life becomes a channel of His grace and blessing.
My dear brothers and sisters, I am coming back to you again, pleading, because we have not yet received help. Please, do not pass by this dying brother. He survived the terrorist attack, but he is still fighting for his life. He has already received two pints of blood, yet he is not getting better. He is on oxygen, and this hospital does not have the equipment to properly treat him. We need to move him urgently to a good hospital in the capital city. And please hear this: he is not just fighting for himself. His whole family was killed in that attack. Only him and his little daughter survived. If we lose him, that girl-child will be left in this world with no father, no mother, no family. He is all she has left. Brethren, I am begging you, no matter how little you can give, let us save a life. Together, we can do it. Your little gift today may be the reason this father lives to see tomorrow and to raise his daughter. The Word of God says: "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40 "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2 "Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done." Proverbs 19:17 "Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed." Psalm 82:3 Humanity is not about race, religion, or tribe. It is about one heart beating for another. Please, do not look away. Please help us save him. You can send your support through XMR. God bless you for standing with us.
May we never only admire God's house but also become worthy dwelling places of His presence.
We are all pilgrims passing through. We carry nothing out of this world but the love we gave and the mercy we showed. So be kind in your words. Be kind in your judgments. Be kind even when it is not returned. For one day, we shall all stand before God — and He will not ask how much we gathered, but how much we loved. Be kind. Eternity is watching.
KEEP YOUR LAMPS BURNING Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13. One of the greatest mistakes we can make in life is to assume that there will always be another opportunity to do what we ought to do today. We postpone important decisions, neglect relationships and sometimes take our spiritual lives for granted, as though we have unlimited time. Today’s Gospel challenges this attitude by reminding us that readiness for the Lord’s coming cannot be postponed. In the Gospel reading, Jesus tells the parable of ten bridesmaids who take their lamps and go out to meet the bridegroom. Five are wise and take extra oil, while the other five are foolish and bring no reserve. When the bridegroom is delayed, they all become drowsy and fall asleep. At midnight, the announcement comes that he is approaching. The wise bridesmaids are prepared, but the foolish ones discover that their lamps are going out (Mt 25:1-13). An important detail in this parable is that all ten bridesmaids fall asleep. The difference between them is not that some remain awake while others sleep, but that some are prepared for the bridegroom’s arrival while others are not. Jesus is therefore not condemning ordinary human weakness or the need for rest. He is warning against spiritual carelessness. The delay of the bridegroom tests their preparedness, just as the passage of time tests the depth and consistency of our faith. The oil in the lamps points to the personal responsibility each of us has for our relationship with God. Faith cannot be borrowed from another person. Our parents may be deeply religious, our friends may be committed Christians, and we may belong to a vibrant Christian community, but nobody can live our relationship with God on our behalf. We must cultivate our own life of prayer, obedience, charity and perseverance. These are not things we can suddenly acquire when the moment of encounter comes. The first reading offers us a way of understanding this preparedness. The Book of Wisdom tells us that wisdom is readily found by those who seek her and makes herself known to those who earnestly desire her (Wis 6:12-16). Readiness, therefore, begins with a heart that continually seeks God. We cannot wait until the last moment to develop a relationship with the one we hope to meet. As we approach the end of the liturgical year, the Church invites us to examine how we are living. Are our lamps burning? Are we nurturing our relationship with God, or merely assuming that there will always be more time? The best way to prepare for the Lord’s coming is to live faithfully in his presence and the best time to do that is now. May we never allow the oil of faith, hope and love to run dry.
1 John 5:4 You are righteous to live righteously. When you live righteously, you are walking in the victory that overcomes the world.
Evil does not conquer a nation because it is powerful, it conquers when good men surrender their conscience and choose silence over action.
My Nostr friends, please, we have not gotten any help to take Mr. Christopher to a good hospital in the capital city for treatment, for him to live. Please do not be silent now. Your silence can cost a life, but your action can save one. "Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter." Proverbs 24:11 Brethren, let us not watch and do nothing while a brother dies. Let us act in love, now. You can send your support through XMR or through Bitcoin Lightning. We need to be in total control. God bless you for standing with us. View quoted note →
MORNING OFFERING God, our Father, I offer You my day. I offer You my prayers, thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings, in union with the Heart of Your Son Jesus, who continues to offer Himself in the Eucharist for the salvation of the world. May the Holy Spirit, Who guided Jesus, be my guide and my strength today, so that I may witness to Your love and accomplish all that I have set out to do this day. Lord, we offer You also our suffering as a people facing genocide because of our faith. You see our tears, our burnt homes, our wounded and our dead. Strengthen us not to lose hope. Give courage to the persecuted, and turn the hearts of our persecutors. We pray in a special way for the healing of all those in the hospital — the wounded, the traumatized, the dying. Touch them with Your healing hand, comfort their families, and send them helpers in their time of need. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 🙏🏽
The society we abuse today will take its revenge on us tomorrow. We are in desperate need of help, but we cannot find any. Our fellow Christians must not abandon us in this brutal moment we are facing. The remaining victims in the hospital keep dying, because there is no help. Stop forcing our girl children to marry Fulani bandits or Boko Haram. Yet, in all of this, I still declare: Jesus Christ will always remain King.@Trust Church @
A Muslim told me, “If you actually followed your Bible, you wouldn’t worship Jesus as God.” So I asked him a simple question: “According to the Bible, what was the major reason Jesus was killed?” He replied, “I don’t believe Jesus was killed. Allah raised him up.” I said, “Brother, please, we’re discussing the Bible, not the Quran. You told me that if I followed my Bible, I wouldn’t worship Jesus as God. So, according to that same Bible, why was Jesus killed?” He came back with, “Your Bible is corrupted. Jesus wasn’t killed. Allah raised him up.” I said, “Not the Quran again! We’re discussing the Bible. Just answer the question!” Then came another escape route: “Your Bible is corrupted. You don’t even know the authors. They are anonymous. Jesus didn’t write the Bible.” At this point, I decided to make things easier for him. I said, “Okay, for the sake of argument, let’s assume I accept all that. But according to the Bible, why was Jesus killed?” His answer? “The Jews always killed the prophets God sent to them. Jesus was killed because He told them to return to the worship of the one true God.” I asked, “Where exactly does the Bible say that was the major reason?” He replied, “That’s what the prophets were killed for!” I mean, are we having a Bible discussion or a game of religious hide-and-seek? 😂 Do you see the irony? He couldn’t answer a straightforward question about the very Bible he accused me of not following. Instead, he kept changing the subject whenever the answer became uncomfortable. According to the biblical account, one of the central accusations against Jesus was blasphemy because of His divine claims. John 10:30–33 makes this particularly clear. Jesus said, “I and My Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones to stone Him, explaining that it was because He, being a man, made Himself God. John 5:18 also records that they sought to kill Him because He called God His Father, making Himself equal with God. So, if you tell me to follow the Bible, please don’t be surprised when I actually follow what it says! The Bible presents Jesus as the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:1, 14). He was truly human and truly God.
Access to the fullness of God is found in the realm of love - the kind of love that is governed by the scriptures of Zion, which reveals God's nature.
Have you ever seen such evil before? 😭😭😭 This evil was committed by Boko Haram today. They came in the middle of the night. They attacked a family - a husband and his son. They burnt down the house. The man's wife was killed. Her daughter had just given birth to twins, two baby girls, 3 months old. They took the twins by force and threw them into the fire. They burnt the house to ashes. One woman was left alive. Her name is Deborah Musa. Please, brethren, let us pray for her mental health. After my visit to her, I am running mad with sorrow. I am tired, I will be honest, but I know we are not abandoned. God did not bring us this far to abandon us now. I have to speak out loud. I need help, brethren! Please pray for us.
ALL SOULS' DAY Today, we remember in prayer all the faithful departed, asking God's infinite mercy to grant them eternal rest. May their souls find peace in God's everlasting light.
In this month of November, may the Lord bless you with endless joy, and may all your days in this month be crowned with lots of success and divine favor. Happy new month🙏🏽
It is the last day of October. What are you most grateful to God for this month?
It is finished. 😭😭😭 We have laid another of our own to rest. The pain is too deep for words. Lord, have mercy.
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