Child of God are you downcast and suffering because people are envious of you because they feel you enjoy certain favours from superiors, endowed in some special way or possess certain qualifications, and for these reasons, you are persecuted, blackmailed, ridiculed, and scorned? Don’t worry, don’t give up what you do, you’re closer than you […]
Author Archives: Fr. Simon Onyekachi Madu, OSJ
What is the center of your life? What gives you confidence and hope for survival? Are you enjoying a good life today because of some wealth, investment, family member or friend? Many people make the mistake of taking humans and human resources as the centre of their lives forgetting that people die, resources deplete, and […]
Do you realise that the type and quality of life you live is the type and quality of friends as well as foes that will come your way? On this 13th day of our Lenten observance the Lord calls us to evaluate our relationship circles. This evaluation is important as the bible tells us ‘watch […]
Have you been scandalised in the church: by ministers or when they do things contrary to their identities as leaders of the body of Christ or by members of the church when they do those things that contradicts their identity as true disciples of Christ? Scandals have caused many today to break faith and communion […]
On this 11th day of our lenten observance the Lord wants to teach us that as the food chain and web describes how creation is interconnected physically, there is also the spiritual dimension that connects man and creation to its Creator (God) such that any problem in one part can upset the whole system. Only […]
Every Second sunday of Lent, the gospel, usually a passage of the Transfiguration of Jesus reminds us that to be transfigured we must first pass through the way of the cross, placing our faith in the hand of God. And that is where the problem lie: we want glory but disdain the cross! We all […]
Many ask: is God insensitive to our pains by demanding we LOVE and PRAY for our enemies? How can God be just in demanding these from me after many afflictions from an enemy? Don’t I have the rights to be angry or heartbroken? Do you beat a child and expect him not to cry? Don’t […]
Sometimes we are so consumed with demands of justice and equity that we fail to see the value of repentance in others. It is not bad to demand justice and just punishments on those who have caused us or others pain, but how much attention do we give to them when they repent. On this […]
Have you been praying and hoping and nothing seems to happen and the situations remained unchanged? Then bless God because you just found a secret that shall transform your prayer life. Since Lent is a period of intense prayers, the Lord wants to teach us how to pray effectively on this 8th day of our […]
What is your motivation for serving God: are you motivated by love, or by miracles- signs and wonders? On this 7th day of our Lenten journey the Lord wants to evaluate our motivation for following once again. Don’t grow weary if this evaluation repeats at intervals. This is done to remind you that the way […]