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 […]
Author Archives: Fr. Simon Onyekachi Madu, OSJ
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 […]
There are Christians today who for fear of being persecuted and for reasons of increasing interaction hide their identities to become some sort of “anonymous Christians”- neither having the capacity to defend what they believe in nor condemn what is evil. But on the level of discipleship and followership Jesus creates two groups only: those […]
Today it is easier to grow a church congregation by watering the Gospel and making it less demanding. It is easier to attract followers by teaching the ‘sweet’ side of the gospel message than teaching righteousness or the Cross. Churches that emphasises holiness and Christian discipline would have few followers than ‘prosperity churches’. On this […]
In daily transactions some Christians often forget their identities when money is involved. They let the love of money control them to a destructive end. And so I ask you: Are you indebted to someone and have refused to pay because you feel the person is rich and therefore should forget the sum he lend […]
Are you one of those thinking prayer is efficacious only when it is “hot”, “rigorous” and “full of emotivity”? And then you feel a man of God must “do these” over you before you feel He has prayed or God has answered it. On this 17th day of our Lenten observance the Lord wants us […]
Do you want a miracle today? Do you seek a deeper knowledge encounter with Jesus? Do you seek refuge from your enemies? Do you seek a better life, financial stability or career?Whatever you seek, you can get in the Lord, but are you ready to ‘pay the price’ or you want a quick fix to […]
There are many Christians who feel so pious and perfect such that they don’t admit personal weaknesses or wrongs but are quick to see the imperfections in others. They are quick to criticise and inflate others’ wrongs, finding faults and drawing implications, see evil in almost everything but would not tolerate anyone associating them with […]