Today, Sunday, March 24, marks the celebration of Palm Sunday, the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. It is a day of procession in which the faithful carry branches of palm leaves as a re-enactment of the biblical story in which the crowd greeted Jesus by waving palm branches and covering his path with palm branches. This triumphant entry of Jesus soon marked the beginning of his journey to the cross where he was eventually crucified.
ONE week to this year’s Easter Sunday and still basking in the euphoria of the inauguration of a new Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, Catholics the world over and other orthodox denominations will today celebrate the Palm Sunday, the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.
Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusal-em, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels.
FROM the different approaches into Warri, it was obvious that something extraordinary was in the offing. Large billboards strategically located loudly tell the visitor to the oil city that women were gather-ing there for Daughters of Sarah international conv-ention 2013—an annual spirit-ual fiesta sponsored by the Women Fellowship of Word of Life Bible Church, Warri. It is a time of refreshing and a moment when women from all walks of life renew and sharpen themselves for the task of nation building and home keeping, as well as spiritual empowerment.
THOSE born in Nigeria 900 years ago and others who made unquantifiable sacrifices on behalf of this country; either during the nationalist struggles or paid the supreme sacrifice on the field of war to keep the nation one will not survive one week in today’s Nigeria. Many of them, civil servants, lived freely in any part of the country. Railway workers, P&T workers, as well as traders freely resided wherever they wanted in any part of the country.
THOSE born in Nigeria 900 years ago and others who made unquantifiable sacrifices on behalf of this country; either during the nationalist struggles or paid the supreme sacrifice on the field of war to keep the nation one will not survive one week in today’s Nigeria. Many of them, civil servants, lived freely in any part of the country. Railway workers, P&T workers, as well as traders freely resided wherever they wanted in any part of the country.
The first moments of Pope Francis 1, 267th successor of St. Peter, who entered the conclave as one of the 115 cardinal-electors with real name of Cardinal Mario Jorge Bergoglio, from Argentina, were characterised by prayer.
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ABUJA—NIGERIAN Christians based in the United States of America, operating under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN) have expressed disgust over the continuous killing of Christians in the northern part of the country.
DESPITE division among Protestant churches over female ordination either because of cultural prohibition, theological doctrine, or a combination of the two, the St. Joseph’s Chosen Church of God, SJCCG, penultimate weekend ordained its first set of female ministers in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Prophet Fire Lenke, the Overseer of Liberation Embassy, a.k.a Ghoster, is a Cameroonian pastor married to a Nigerian. He speaks on how to drive away satanic powers.
In line with its vision of giving hope, restoring dignity and reforming society, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Apapa Family, has unveiled a non governmental, non profit-making organisation, called ‘Excel Charity Foundation’.
THE much talked about 12th biennial conference of the umbrella body of Pentecostal churches in Nigeria, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN ended in the Akwa Ibom State capital, Uyo with a renewed commitment by PFN leaders to use the divine mandate to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to greater heights through the elimination of every weight militating against the spread of the gospel in the country including bad eggs within.
Why did Pope Benedict XVI, in his resignation letter ask that Catholics should pray for him and the next Pope? Yes, he is a man of history.
When we worship God, we exalt Him for who He is. Worship belongs only to God.
To worship God means to ascribe worth or value or to count worthy. When we worship God, we acknowledge that He is worthy; we acknowledge who He is and what He is.
WE may not be exactly right to conclude that widows in Nigeria are completely neglected. However, this assumption leaves a question: Are they having the right deal, all cultural inhibitions considered?
Pope Benedict XVI called on the Church and its faithful on Sunday to “renew themselves” as tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists attended his penultimate Angelus prayers.
WHEN Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, a German conservative archbishop of the Catholic Church, was elected on April 19, 2005 as the leader of about 1.2 billion Catholics the world over, there was only one thing uppermost in his mind: how to make the world more peaceful.
It is expected that on Thursday, Feb.28, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI will become the first Pope in almost 600years to resign. The announcement came as a shock to the Catholic faithful. In the last 1,000 years, history records that only four Popes have resigned. One resigned to get married, another was made to step down for bribing his way through; a third left office under very queer circumstances while the fourth Pope to resign did it in the interest of resolving a creeping interference from kings.
When the son of a first generation immigrant from Kenya announced in Chicago, the United States, US, in 2007 that he was running for the White House, many of those who heard him thought he was embarking on a political hara-kiri. At that time, nobody thought the white political establishment will consider Hussein Mubarak Barry Obama a serious contender for the office of the President of the US.
The Pope had a pacemaker fitted less than three months before the announcement of his resignation, in an operation that had remained a secret until Tuesday.
In the natural something is always happening. People are changing and situations are changing. And if you look at man, he is always planning good things for himself, his family and business empire if he has one.
CATHOLICS more than 1.2 billion people round the world – would be astounded to learn Pope Benedict XVI resigned. They would have great reasons to fall into this flux.
DESPITE ‘all is well’ assurances following the Pope Benedict XVI’s sudden resignation yesterday, fears are being raised in certain quarters as to how the Catholic Church will cope with two living Popes.
The Papacy may seem to be a spiritual institution and its role may be seen to be purely limited to the administration of the Universal Catholic Church. In reality, the role of the Papacy in global politics has been prominent before, during and after the renaissance and now.
Shout out loud “Something Good is Happening to Me Right Now”. You see, if you can do this regularly, consistently and persistently, you shall surely see its manifestations.
DELEGATES to the 12th national biennial conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN have started arriving the Akwa Ibom State capital, Uyo for the crucial meeting scheduled to open at the Uyo Township Stadium on Tuesday.
FORMER national chairman of the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), Dr. Dele Oluwatade has appealed to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, to review its decision to pull out of CAN, saying that such action would provide a leeway for the enem-ies to destroy the Church, reports GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE.
NATIONAL Coordinator of Global Restoration Movement, Apostle John Guobadia has been battling with a vision to gather the entire Church of God in this country for a battle to save the soul of the nation from the clutches of Satan.
Welcome to this new exciting series from the anointed word of God. It will surely bless you, encourage and challenge you to know that God has not forgotten you but that He who began a good work in you shall faithfully complete it.
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