While hearing voices is mostly regarded as a psychiatric condition (schizophrenia), however, it is well-established that this experience is some times reported by individuals with no history of psychiatric problems. In other words, such persons are either being manipulated or possessed. On the contrary, in the gospel of today a group of persons heard a […]
Author Archives: Fr. Simon Onyekachi Madu, OSJ
Tensions heighten, there’s wickedness everywhere. These cannot happen without human actors. We all play a role, either active or passive roles. Active roles, when we concoct or fuel evil, or passive roles when we don’t condemn evil or refuse to speak up. On this 27th day of our Lenten observance the Lord calls us to […]
St Joseph, father of Jesus, was known in the Bible by his profession-carpenter. Because of him Jesus was called a carpenter as well (Mark 6, 3). He must have been popular for this trade that requires much strength and action. Hence, he was a man of few words but identified with strength and action… […]
If you are opportune to stand in the gap for a people or privileged to represent someone before an authority how would you discharge that function? Today many job applications, promotions, projects, business proposals, contracts, peace negotiations, etc, end up on peoples desks with damaging consequences because certain persons sit on it and never let […]
Keep Working Living a holy life could be difficult in our world today: if you manage to overcome the self or internal vices, the external ones are waiting patiently. Sometimes, the external temptations could be so discouraging leaving you with the thought that you’re wasting your time and left with no other choice than to […]
A deadly thing about Fault finders is the death of their senses to anything good in others since by default they are interested in seeing only mistakes and weaknesses. Today, the 24th day of our Lenten observance the Lord calls us to beware of such persons, and if we have gradually condescended to such lifestyles […]
How would you feel if you discover your wife ‘loves’ you because of your money or your husband married you because you are from a wealthy family, not because they he truly loves you? Someone once told me that she doesn’t love her husband and have not been able to say this for a long […]
Losing my mum few months to my priestly ordination is an experience I wish never to remember because a day which was supposed to be the most joyful day of my life became a sorrowful day. It was painful to see my mum lying in the box at my first official celebration of Christian burial as […]
Who between this couple is justified in their action: a man who habitually cheats on his wife because she is isn’t creative on bed, makes her sad the way he talks to her and whenever he desires conjugal love takes it by force but goes for confession weekly to be reconciled with God; and the […]
Everyone desires to know their progress as it boosts efficiency. Many ask me: how do I know I am closer to my desired goal? How do I track my progress. This may be your worries as well. You may have been praying and working hard on some projects and you don’t know the impacts or […]