Wednesday, 13 April 2022
8:30pm family Rosary
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Family consecration: What you need to know about Consecration and it benefits.
Family Consecration.
Family Consecration is a practical way to intentionally live your baptismal consecration (promises) and grow in union with God, as a family. Through Baptism, we become children of God, called to eternal life with Him in Heaven. But to grow in union with God, we must choose to live for Him.
With Family Consecration, your family can renew your baptismal commitment by making an act of consecration to the Holy Family. This act of consecration is a deliberate choice to follow Jesus Christ more fully, with the help of Mary and Joseph, and to set your family apart for God.
Then, taking the Holy Family as your model, each family member seeks to lead a life that gives glory to God.
A Way of Life
INSPIRED BY THE FATIMA MESSAGEWhen Our Lady appeared at Fatima in 1917, she delivered a message of hope that gives the solution for reversing the effects of sin and bringing about God’s kingdom on earth. The AFC has summarized this message in four points.
The Four Points
SIN is the cause of all unhappiness.
GRACE is more powerful than sin.
HOLINESS, cooperation with God’s grace, repairs for sin and brings peace into the world.
CONSECRATION maximizes our efforts to repair for sin, because when we entrust ourselves to Mary, she purifies and multiplies our good works.
Family Consecration is a response to this message of hope. By turning away from sin, accepting God’s grace, seeking to live a holy life, and consecrating yourself—to Jesus, through Mary, in union with St. Joseph—your family can help to repair for sin and bring other souls to Heaven! Power
Family Consecration is incredible! Through it, everything you do or endure takes on purpose and meaning. Your ordinary activities, like washing dishes or going to work, as well as your trials, are made holy and can be used by God for the conversion of others.
If enough souls live Family Consecration, the ripple effect can become a force strong enough to crush the head of Satan and bring about God’s reign on earth!
Two Aspects
OF FAMILY CONSECRATIONMaking an act of consecration
Living your consecration every day
Making an act of consecration to the Holy Family, together as a family, is a renewal of your baptismal consecration and sets your family apart for God. When you consecrate your family to the Holy Family, you are placing Jesus at the center and pledging to live totally for Him, with the help and protection of Mary and St. Joseph.
Prayer of Consecration
TO THE HOLY FAMILYDaily Renewal
OF YOUR CONSECRATIONEach day, renew your act of consecration. This helps you to remember and live your commitment in daily life. You can renew your consecration in a variety of ways, such as praying this AFC prayer: All for the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, all through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, all in union with St. Joseph.
Second Aspect:
LIVING YOUR CONSECRATION EVERY DAYFamily Consecration is more than a one-time event. It’s a joyful, balanced way of life.
After making an act of consecration to Jesus, through Mary, in union with St. Joseph, you can live your consecration (and express your love for God) by following the pathway of the Seven Keys to God-Centered Family Living.
Seven Keys to God-Centered Family Living
Prayer Life
Building a personal relationship with God.
Daily prayer helps each family member to build their personal relationship with God and more deeply embrace their identity as His child. Family members should pray together and individually. In particular, the AFC emphasizes the daily family Rosary as a direct response to the Fatima message.
Sacramental Life
Growing in grace.
The sacraments give special grace to grow in holiness and union with God. The AFC encourages families to go to Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, and Confession often—to increase in the life of grace and to worship Our Eucharistic Lord in union with the whole Church.
Learning the Faith
Knowing God helps us to love Him.
Learning the truths of the Catholic Faith helps families to grow in love of God. Knowledge of the Faith also protects families from the false values of the world and equips them to more confidently defend, live, and share the Faith with others.
Living the Virtues
Faith, hope, and love lead to freedom and unity.
Families are empowered to live a life of virtue through the graces they receive through prayer, the sacraments, and learning the Faith. As they grow in faith, hope, and love, families are led to greater unity, peace, and freedom.
Serving Others
Serving others, both in the home and outside the home, is one of the best ways families can express their faith and love for God. By putting their love for each other and those around them into action, families satisfy Jesus’ thirst for love.
Sharing the Faith
Families that have deepened their union with God are inspired to evangelize by leading others to an encounter with Jesus. Sharing the Faith can take many forms, such as sharing one’s testimony, opening up the home to others, and treating everyone with charity.
Sanctifying Daily Duties
Offering up each moment “All for”
By embracing and joyfully offering the present moment to God, each family member can sanctify their daily duties and help to repair for sin. That way, when confronted with trials or difficulties, the family can remain at peace, recognizing that everything is either willed or permitted by God and that He draws good out of everything.
Friday, 18 March 2022
Pope Francis invited the Bishops for the consecration of Russians as the request of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917
Pray for the Holy Father and our bishops!
The Holy See confirmed on Fri., March 18, that Pope Francis invites all the world’s bishops to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Pope Francis will consecrate the two nations at 5 p.m. local time in St. Peter’s Basilica on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation. The consecration will occur during the Celebration of Penance.
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Apostolic Nuncio to the United States Archbishop Christophe Pierre signed an urgent letter dated March 17 informing bishops of the Holy Father’s intention to invite the participation of all United States’ bishops.
Here’s a photo of the letter below:

The first portion of the letter reads, “In the context of the tragic events unfolding in Ukraine, the Holy Father, Pope Francis will lead an Act of Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25th…”
Archbishop Pierre said the Holy Father will send a formal invitation, along with the consecration prayer.
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Several bishops throughout the world said they will join in the consecration. As of this writing, bishops in Ukraine, Portugal, Latin America, the Caribbean, England, Wales, and the Philippines intend to participate.
Our Lady of Fatima’s request for the Consecration of Russia
Our Lady of Fatima requested in her 1917 apparitions that all the world’s bishops consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart.
“I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays.
“If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church.
“The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated.
“In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.”
The Holy See and Sr. Lucia said Pope St. John Paul II’s 1984 consecration fulfilled her requests.
However, the Ukrainian bishops asked the Holy Father to renew this consecration hoping to obtain peace amid the ongoing war.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, please pray for us!
Thursday, 17 March 2022
POPE Francis to consecrate Russian and Ukarine for the the world peace. It is time for individuals and families should consecrate themselves to the immaculate Heart of Mary and to the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, Time shall come everything outside the precious blood and immaculate heart will suffer.
Pope Francis asked: “How do we bring war into prayer?” Prayer allows itself to be transformed into action, charity and practical faith. Prayer, in its weakness, can appear to be a failure. Even God seems to fail in Jesus on the cross: instead, it was there that he conquered hatred, evil, death, and began a new history, a new creation.
The message of Fatima does not intend to satisfy apocalyptic curiosities about the end of the world; it only launches a heartfelt appeal for conversion so that humanity may be saved from the selfishness that destroys. In these difficult times, we are accompanied by Mary's consoling words: "In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph". In 2000, the then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, explained the meaning of these words as follows:
"My Immaculate Heart will triumph". What does this mean? The Heart open to God, purified by contemplation of God, is stronger than guns and weapons of all kinds. Mary's ‘fiat’, the word of her heart changed the history of the world because she introduced the Saviour into this world - because thanks to this "Yes", God could become man in our space and remains so now forever. The evil one has power in this world, we see it and experience it again and again; he has power because our freedom continually allows itself to be turned away from God. But since God Himself has a human heart and has thus turned man's freedom towards good, towards God, freedom for evil no longer has the last word. Since then, the word has been valid: ‘In the world, you will have tribulation but have confidence; I have conquered the world’ (Jn 16:33). The message of Fatima invites us to rely on this promise.”
The Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph
The message of Our Lady of Fatima is not intended to satisfy apocalyptic curiosities about the end of the world, but launches a heartfelt appeal for conversion so that humanity may be saved from the selfishness that destroys. At a time marked by devastating wars, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia
By Sergio Centofanti
"In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph!" These were the words of Our Lady to the shepherd children of Fatima over 100 years ago, words that give hope in the midst of the clamour of wars. On March 25, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. At Wednesday’s General Audience, he prayed intensely for peace: "Lord Jesus, who died in a mother’s arms in a bunker in Kharkiv, have mercy on us… Stop the hand of Cain!” The meekness of prayer overcomes the arrogance of evil.
But even today there are so many wars in the world, often forgotten: in Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia... In Ukraine, the Russian army continues to bomb civilians, refugees, simple people queuing to buy bread; houses, hospitals and churches are hit and devastated. In the bombing of the paediatric hospital in Mariupol, a pregnant woman died with her baby. Wars cause suffering and devastation everywhere.
WAKE UP CALL! Christians in Africa.
THIRD AND LAST WARNING FROM HEAVEN, OUR LADY OF FATIMA IN 1917. (A MUST READ). Visionary Sister Lucia.
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Anambra Court Frees Three Murder Suspects, Sentences One To 21 years imprisonment.
The fire Out break at Abuja.
There has been a fire outbreak at the ministry of finance building in the federal capital territory (FCT).
Black smoke was seen billowing from a part of the building which is located at the Central Business District of Abuja on Wednesday.
It is not yet certain what led to the fire.
But TheCable learnt the fire was put out and that it did not affect a major part of the building.
The fire outbreak is just the latest of many that have affected government offices in Abuja.
In May 2020, fire burnt a part of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) building in the FCT.
A month before that incident, a building housing the office of the accountant-general of the federation (AGF) was gutted by fire.
Jim Iyke a Nigerian movie star speak out on what transpired between him and Pastor TB Joshua
Many Nigerians have been wondering what actually made Veteran actor, Jim Iyke to visit Prophet T.B Joshua for deliverance. After a video emerged showing him being delivered from a demon went viral
Jim detailed what really happened. According to him, it was his family’s search for an ailment from their mother that led him to TB Joshua’s church.
He told Channels TV he always laughed at those who behave funny whenever a man of God touched them but when the pastor touched him; he said he cannot explain what really happened.
Feast of St. Peter Damian
Friday, 18 February 2022
FACTS ABOUT INDULGENCES EXTRACTED FROM THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Indulgences
1471 The doctrine and practice of indulgences in the Church are closely linked to the effects of the sacrament of Penance.
What is an indulgence?
"An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints."81
"An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin."82 Indulgences may be applied to the living or the dead.
The punishments of sin
1472 To understand this doctrine and practice of the Church, it is necessary to understand that sin has a double consequence. Grave sin deprives us of communion with God and therefore makes us incapable of eternal life, the privation of which is called the "eternal punishment" of sin. On the other hand every sin, even venial, entails an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after death in the state called Purgatory. This purification frees one from what is called the "temporal punishment" of sin. These two punishments must not be conceived of as a kind of vengeance inflicted by God from without, but as following from the very nature of sin. A conversion which proceeds from a fervent charity can attain the complete purification of the sinner in such a way that no punishment would remain.83
1473 The forgiveness of sin and restoration of communion with God entail the remission of the eternal punishment of sin, but temporal punishment of sin remains. While patiently bearing sufferings and trials of all kinds and, when the day comes, serenely facing death, the Christian must strive to accept this temporal punishment of sin as a grace. He should strive by works of mercy and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to put off completely the "old man" and to put on the "new man."84
In the Communion of Saints
1474 The Christian who seeks to purify himself of his sin and to become holy with the help of God's grace is not alone. "The life of each of God's children is joined in Christ and through Christ in a wonderful way to the life of all the other Christian brethren in the supernatural unity of the Mystical Body of Christ, as in a single mystical person."85
1475 In the communion of saints, "a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory and those who are still pilgrims on earth. between them there is, too, an abundant exchange of all good things."86 In this wonderful exchange, the holiness of one profits others, well beyond the harm that the sin of one could cause others. Thus recourse to the communion of saints lets the contrite sinner be more promptly and efficaciously purified of the punishments for sin.
1476 We also call these spiritual goods of the communion of saints the Church's treasury, which is "not the sum total of the material goods which have accumulated during the course of the centuries. On the contrary the 'treasury of the Church' is the infinite value, which can never be exhausted, which Christ's merits have before God. They were offered so that the whole of mankind could be set free from sin and attain communion with the Father. In Christ, the Redeemer himself, the satisfactions and merits of his Redemption exist and find their effficacy."87
1477 "This treasury includes as well the prayers and good works of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They are truly immense, unfathomable, and even pristine in their value before God. In the treasury, too, are the prayers and good works of all the saints, all those who have followed in the footsteps of Christ the Lord and by his grace have made their lives holy and carried out the mission the Father entrusted to them. In this way they attained their own salvation and at the same time cooperated in saving their brothers in the unity of the Mystical Body."88
Obtaining indulgence from God through the Church
1478 An indulgence is obtained through the Church who, by virtue of the power of binding and loosing granted her by Christ Jesus, intervenes in favor of individual Christians and opens for them the treasury of the merits of Christ and the saints to obtain from the Father of mercies the remission of the temporal punishments due for their sins. Thus the Church does not want simply to come to the aid of these Christians, but also to spur them to works of devotion, penance, and charity.89
1479 Since the faithful departed now being purified are also members of the same communion of saints, one way we can help them is to obtain indulgences for them, so that the temporal punishments due for their sins may be remitted.
AN SS3 KILL HIMSELF BECAUSE HIS FATHER REFUSE TO MARRY A GIRL OF HIS DREAM.
An 18-year-old man, Abdullahi Tasi’u has reportedly committed suicide.
According to Salemgists, Tasi’u took his own life after his father refused to allow him marry the love of his life.
The deceased before his death was an SS3 student of Kafur secondary school.
The source further stated that the teenager’s father told him to be patient and wait till he graduates from secondary school before he will get a wife for him.
The young man became angry and decided to take his life. He called his father and threatened to commit suicide if he fails to get the wife for him.
It was gathered that the young man was discovered in his room after he reportedly drank a poisonous substance, he was rushed to the hospital but was already dead.
Salemgists also learnt that his 16-year-old girlfriend, Hafsat attempted suicide but was unsuccessful following the intervention of family members.