Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Nigeria Province

24/05/2026

Happy Pentecost Sunday!

God’s Spirit strengthens your inner self
“…that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self,
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love” Ephesians 3:16-17

Humanity ought to constantly thank our good God for sending us the Holy Spirit, the Advocate to strengthen our inner selves on our Christian journey in this world. How else could we have kept up the faith in our vulnerable selves in a volatile world as ours today, if Jesus had not been so kind to give us a spiritual helper?

Jesus asked God his Father to send us the Holy Spirit because he knows that without the powers of heaven steering us within to love him and to accomplish the goal of our redemption, our mortal and sinful nature will hold us captive in darkness in the world. It is the Holy Spirit that teaches us this eternal truth about God.
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always,
the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you.” John 14:16-17

Jesus has opened an eternal door to us to access him through the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus reassures us that the Spirit will remain with us to intercede for us in truth. Whatever we ask in the name of Jesus and is according to the will of God, we shall receive in his name.
Let us earnestly pray to God the Father in the name of Jesus to rekindle the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us so that we can bear a common witness as Christians to the world in these tumultuous days that God’s Spirit is the world’s healer and restorer of our peace to humanity.

Reflective Focus for the Week

Pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit this week, especially the gift you most need to steer you up spiritually. Reflect on Ephesians 3: 14-21, 4: 17-24, John 14: 15-31, 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11.
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20/05/2026

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As Laudato Si’ Week 2026 begins, we are reminded that caring for creation is not just a responsibility, but a way of living our faith every day.
This week, may we choose small acts of love for our common home, planting, conserving, reducing waste, speaking up, and living more gently on the earth. Little choices matter more than we sometimes realize.
My commitment this week is to be more intentional in caring for nature and encouraging others to do the same. 🌱
“Everything is connected.”

13/05/2026

🌻🌻 🌻 Happy Feast Day to all Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and Associates! 🌻🌻 🌻
Today, we celebrate a beautiful legacy of faith, service, simplicity, and love. The words Francoise today feel like both a prayer and a quiet challenge: to grow daily in grace, wisdom, courage, and charity. In a world that can sometimes feel hurried and heavy, the witness of Notre Dame spirituality continues to remind us that goodness still changes lives.
May this feast day renew our strength and deepen our joy in the mission of “Making known God’s goodness.” Like Saint Julie Billiart, may we continue to touch lives with compassion, hope, and unwavering faith.
Wishing every Notre Dame Sister and Associate abundant grace, peace, and blessings today and always. 🙏
May Saint Julie continue to pray for us all.

10/05/2026

🌻 Today, we are called to love one another deeply. Happy Sunday to you all 🌻

Love covers a multitude of sins.

“Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Be hospitable to one another without complaining. As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace” (1 Peter 4:8-10)

The love is God is practical. God’s love beckons us to use our gifts for the good of humanity, the entire universe, to serve one another, to put smiles on people’s faces, to be the voice of encouragement to the lonely, hopeless, vulnerable and the disillusioned. The gift of love that God puts in our hearts is to transform humanity into the image, likeness and goodness of God.

God once revealed to Saint Catherine of Siena the kind of love that God asks of us:
“I ask you to love me with the same love with which I love you…You cannot give me the kind od love I ask of you. This is why I have put you among your neighbors: so that you can do for them what you cannot do for me- that is love them… And whatever you do for them I will consider done for me” From the “Dialogue” #64

These words are in consonance with the teaching of Jesus in the gospel of Mathew 25:40, on the judgement of the nations’ regarding the love of our neighbors.
“And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me”

Do we still wonder now why love covers our multitude of sins? If loving our neighbour is loving God, then, our action will be honouring the very source of God which is LOVE. Because this act pleases God, God overlooks our sins and empowers us to grow more in virtues through his grace in us. God looks at the efforts we make each day to love one another and he is quick to complement these efforts even with our short-comings.
“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
Whoever is without love does not know God,
for God is love” (1 John 4:7-8)

Reflective Focus for the Week

Reflect on the statement, “love covers a multitude of sin.” How will this realization bring you closer to God this week? Reflect on 1 Peter 4: 7-11, Mathew 25:31-46, 22:34-40, 1 John 4:7-21, 1Corinthians 13:1-13.
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09/05/2026

🌻🌻🌻 Inspired by the loving heart of Mary, may we carry a burning zeal for God and show kindness especially to those most forgotten. 🙏 🌻 🌻 🌻

06/05/2026

A Coalition of Faith Based and Civil Society Organizations Call for Urgent Reforms to Advance Women's Empowerment and Political Leadership Inclusion in Nigeria

05/05/2026

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As we honor Our Lady this month, the words of Francoise Blin de Bourdon come as a gentle reminder that devotion isn’t complicated. It’s daily. It’s faithful.
Even when your mind feels scattered, just pick up your rosary… five decades, or even more if you can. In your room, on the road, with others in church, or just before you sleep.
Through that simple prayer, things begin to shift. Peace comes quietly. Strength too.
This May, let’s continue to pray the rosary… not as an obligation, but as a quiet place of encounter.
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03/05/2026

🌻 Happy Sunday to you all. 🌻
May we receive the grace to trust that everything from God’s hand carries His goodness, even in the moments we struggle to understand.

May St. Julie Billiart and Mary our loving mother intercede for us always. 🙏

02/05/2026

God’s divine power has given us everything

“His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and power.” (2 Peter 1:3)

God is so good. In his goodness, God has given us everything that we need to know him, to be devoted to him and to live the good life that he desires of us in the world. It is God’s choice to reveal himself to us, it is his choice that we know him, not just knowing God on the surface, but to experience his love and power at work in our lives. This is why God, by his own glory and power, has called us to himself to share his divine nature with us through his beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, so that we can be like him by choosing God .

“Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.” (2 Peter 1:4)

The power of God in us is what helps us overcome corruption and evil desires in the world as we see in the life of Jesus Christ. Humanity has been so blessed by God to give us his power and nature. This makes us incorruptible and indestructible spiritual beings, but, do we even realize this magnificent gift of God in us? When we have deep faith in God and strive towards a life of virtues, God’s power in us empowers us to attain the promises of his everlasting life in heaven.

“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge,” (2 Peter 1:5)

The life of virtue calls us to be spiritually vigilant, to seek self- knowledge, self-control, to have mutual love for others, to be devoted to the service of God, to treat others with respect, to stand for truth. The more we increase in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, the more we are fruitful in witnessing to the power and nature of God in us to the world and thereby paving way for our eternal joy with the Lord hereafter.

“For, in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you” (2 Peter 1:11).

Reflective Focus for the Week

Spend time in prayer this week asking Jesus to help you understand his power and nature in you. Contemplate on the reality of this incredible gift in yourself. Reflect on 2 Peter 1:1-11, Philippians 3:7-21, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Mathew 28:19-20. Romans 12:1-21.

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02/05/2026

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The month of May is here… and it always feels a little more reflective.
This is a beautiful time to draw closer to our Mother Mary, to sit with her quiet strength and her simple yes to God.
Let’s walk through this month with her through the May devotion, asking for her intercession, trusting gently, and slowly growing closer to the Lord. 🙏

28/04/2026