It is not enough to testify (in words alone) to the goodness of God in your life for answered prayers, you need to go further to do something tangible. Even though testimonies are good, there is a need also to give thanks in some concrete way. Just as we feel more appreciated when we receive […]
Author Archives: Fr. Simon Onyekachi Madu, OSJ
Have you been jilted, insulted, or disparaged by someone (a friend, an employer, superior, spouse, parent, or child, etc) who do so just to spite, intimidate and make you feel inferior or less important? Experiences such as these have caused several suicides, heartbreaks, poor self-image, low self-esteem and poor self-confidence. If you’re wallowing in this […]
Have you ever woken up worried or afraid because of some horrible dreams and what they could mean? Everyone, one time or the other have had such experiences that raise doubts, anxiety, or fears as to what their dreams could mean. While some persons remember their dreams, others don’t. Whatever the case, the problem for […]
Have you been praying and waiting for situations to change around you? Child of God, this could be difficult and challenging. Anxieties could frustrate moments of waiting, making you feel low in spirit and weak in prayer. Ironically when this starts happening you’re close to your target! This is part of the machinations the evil […]
Are you questioning who you are; what your purpose is, or what your values are? If you find yourself in this condition, then this message is for you because you may be going through what is called identity crisis. A young lady once told me during a counselling session that she does not know how […]
Is it not a thing of shame that those who read and believe the Bible as God’s word (Christians) are divided over the person of Mary and her role in the mystery of salvation and redemption, meanwhile in Islam she holds singularly an exalted position? If it does not worry you, it worries me. It […]
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Second Sunday of Advent, Year B |Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11, Psalm 84(85):9-14, 2 Peter 3:8-14, Mark 1:1-8 Have you found yourself in a situation that makes you feel like ‘walking away’ from the troubles in your life? Spouses sometimes feel like walking away from their marriages; children sometimes feel like walking away from their families! After some […]
Do you know words have power: power to give or take life? Like a sunflower that follows the movement of the sun, so some words have the power to attract and transform its hearer or reader in such a way that they search to discover its author and origin. Such words are powerful, such words […]
My late mother once said to me, “since I was young I have heard it preached many times that the world will end someday and Jesus will come again take his own to himself. Now I am old, these things are yet to happen, and then she asked, when shall these things happen? Does this […]
Have you ever asked yourself how witches, wizards, occultists, magicians, Satanists, etc project forces to inflict harm, conjure and cause things to happen using satanic or magical words or mantras, otherwise known as incantations? The whole process is nothing else but Summoning or to Summon- which in this sense means “to rouse oneself to exert […]