Some years ago I met a lady who came back to life after 2 days of death. “During my National Service year after graduation from the University, I was declared dead in a hospital far away from home, after a brief illness and my family was contacted to come for my corpse while my remains […]
Author Archives: Fr. Simon Onyekachi Madu, OSJ
Have you been making sincere efforts to live a holy life but it seems everything works against you? Setbacks here and there. Others are progressing; even those who live unworthy lives seem to make progress while you are struggling with setbacks. Others are getting married, getting good jobs, achieving financial freedom, etc while you’re struggling. […]
Woe betides a man that can explain everything about his “lifting or growth”. Hear me, if your upliftment comes from God, no matter how many principles you obey, there must be a gap that only the signs of God can fill in your story. There must be a space where you will tell people “this […]
Are you always ‘acting’ negatively: jealous of others, envious, harbouring bad thoughts, conspiring, gossiping, seeking revenge, angry, seeking the downfall of others, lusting, etc? Then this message is for you! Do you not realise that the heart (the centre of human person) is like a ‘fertile soil’ on which any ‘seed’ wether of ‘plant or […]
The greatest battles in life are neither those fought on fields of war nor those between two nations at war, but is that fought in the heart. When people are at war, neighbours intervene to help settle or fuel the disputes. But the war in the heart has no sympathizers, hence it is the deadliest. […]
The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of “God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind” (Matt 11:28-30). This devotion is the fruit of the revelations of Jesus to a Roman Catholic nun from France, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, who said she learned […]
“The Holy mass is the highest prayer on earth,” boasts a Catholic young man that argued with his Pentecostal friend who placed a challenge that until he witnessed a catholic mass he refuse to accept such superlative claims. On the agreed day to prove his claims, the catholic took his Pentecostal friend to his parish […]
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Blessed Trinity Do you realise you become what you believe; that your life is a reflection of the way you think, be it positive or negative? The bible is right when it says of idols, that their makers will become like them and all who trusts in them (Ps 115:8). And so if you claim you […]
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It was a big scene on Pentecost day! As I paused invoking the Holy Spirit silently at the pulpit, someone immediately spoke in tongues from the congregation then a great sound like someone just fell among the pews was heard. As the ushers rushed to help, another person screamed, and like sounds of heavy rain […]