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The Season of Lent Begins!Tomorrow, February 14th is Ash Wednesday, which begins the holy season of Lent. It is a season...
13/02/2024

The Season of Lent Begins!

Tomorrow, February 14th is Ash Wednesday, which begins the holy season of Lent. It is a season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

As Catholics, we are encouraged to do the following practices: FASTING and ABSTINENCE.

(1) FASTING
- It is a form of penance that involves limiting kinds or amount of food or drink consumption.
- Catholics who are 18-59 years old are eligible to this practice.
- Days of fasting (with abstinence) are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
- During fasting, the faithful should only eat 1 regular meal and 2 small meals (should not exceed the main amount of the main meal)
- Fast is broken by eating between meals and by drinks which could be considered food (milk shakes, but not milk).

(2) ABSTINENCE
- It is another form of penance that involves refraining from kinds of food or drink.
- This should be practiced by Catholics who are 14 years old and above (until death).
- During abstinence, the faithful should refrain from eating meat (i.e. flesh and organs of mammals and birds), but may consume fish and shellfish.
- Days of abstinence are Fridays in Lent.

N.B. Some people can be excused from fasting and abstinence. They are:
- persons with disabilities which make it difficult to understand or observe the practice (e.g. people with mental health concerns)
- the sick, frail, pregnant, or nursing women, according to need for meat or nourishment
- manual labourers, according to need
- guests at a meal who cannot excuse themselves without giving great offence or causing enmity
- those in other situations of moral or physical impossibility to observe the penitential discipline.












Do You Know the Five Fatima Prayers?⚜ The Rosary Decade Prayer"Oh My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires ...
12/01/2024

Do You Know the Five Fatima Prayers?

⚜ The Rosary Decade Prayer

"Oh My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. Amen."

⚜ The Pardon Prayer

“My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee. I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee. Amen.”

⚜ The Angel’s Prayer

“Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifferences whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners. Amen.”

⚜ The Eucharistic Prayer

“Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee! My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Amen.”

⚜ The Sacrifice Prayer

"Oh my Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen."










The Feast of the Manifestation of Our Lord - Epiphany.The Epiphany takes its name from the Greek epiphania, which denote...
07/01/2024

The Feast of the Manifestation of Our Lord - Epiphany.

The Epiphany takes its name from the Greek epiphania, which denotes the visit of a god to earth. The first idea of the feast is the manifestation of Christ as the Son of God. "Begotten before the daystar and before all ages, the Lord our Saviour is this day made manifest to the world."

The feast unites three events in the life of Christ when His divinity, as it were, shines through His humanity: the adoration of the Magi; the baptism of Christ in the Jordan; and the first miracle at the wedding feast of Cana. Moreover, at Epiphany the Church looks forward to the majestic coming of Christ on the "youngest day" when His manifestation as God will be complete. The Gospels of the baptism and the marriage at Cana are read on the Octave Day and the Second Sunday after Epiphany, and later Sunday masses in the Epiphany season continue to show the divine power of our Lord in some of His most striking miracles.

Royal kingship:
A second important idea in Epiphany is the extension of Christ's kingship to the whole world. The revelation of Christ to the three kings at Bethlehem is a symbol of His revelation to the whole of the Gentile world. Epiphany presents to us the calling of not merely a chosen few, but all nations to Christianity.

Your Light is Come:
Closely linked to both these themes of divine manifestation and world kingship is a third idea running through the Epiphany feast: that of light. During Advent, the world was in darkness, and we prayed and waited in the spirit of the Jewish nation which lived in expectation of the Coming Light during thousands of years. At Christmas the Light shone forth, but dimly, seen only by a few around the crib: Mary and Joseph and the shepherds. But at Epiphany the Light bursts forth to all nations and the prophecy is fulfilled: "The Gentiles shall walk in Thy light, and kings in the brightness of Thy rising." The mysterious star of Epiphany, "flashing like a flame," is still another facet of the light-motif, a symbol capable of being interpreted in a dozen different ways.

Epiphany lifts our eyes from the family celebrations and demands that we should include in our vision "all the ends of the earth." It demands that, like the three wise men, we should have the courage to follow the light of the star we have seen, however hazardous the journey; that the light of our faith, like that of the wise men, should be so strong that we are able to see and recognize our Lord and Ruler in however unexpected a way He may present Himself to us; and that having recognized Him, we should bow down and adore Him, offering Him our total loyalty.

Moreover, Epiphany demands that like these kings we should return to our own countries a different way, carrying to all those we meet the light of Christ. "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth," says the Epistle of the Epiphany Mass, "and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon Thee, and His glory shall be seen upon Thee. And the Gentiles shall walk in Thy light. . ." These words may be applied to us, upon whom the light of Christ has indeed risen, and who have the responsibility to radiate that light in the darkness of our own world. It is clear how much the feast of Epiphany must mean to all who are engaged in the apostolate and are striving to extend the kingdom of Christ.

The royal nuptials:
Besides the important ideas outlined above, there is still another great theme threaded through the Epiphany feast—the theme of the royal nuptials, the wedding of Christ with humanity. It is an idea on a completely different level from the historical events which the Epiphany celebrates, yet inextricably bound up with them; for example, the historical marriage feast of Cana is used by the Church to suggest the setting for Christ's nuptials with the Church; the wise men represent not only the three Persian Magi adoring the Babe 2000 years ago at Bethlehem, but also the Gentile world hurrying to the wedding feast at the end of time when mankind's nuptials with the divine Bridegroom will be celebrated; the gold, frankincense and myrrh are not only tokens for the little Baby King in the stable, but royal wedding gifts for the mystical marriage feast of heaven.

The Epiphany antiphon for the hour of Lauds brings out strikingly this theme of the divine marriage of Christ with humanity, and at the same time shows the deep mystical significance behind the historical events surrounding the feast. Perhaps nowhere more clearly than in this antiphon do we see that on Epiphany we do not commemorate a set of historical facts as much as we celebrate a great mystery: "This day the Church is joined to her heavenly Spouse, for Christ has cleansed her crimes in the Jordan. With gifts the Magi hasten to the royal nuptials, and the guests are gladdened with wine made from water."

EPIPHANY PRAYERS FOR THE HOME
For the families that do not have an Epiphany home service, the following evening prayers are appropriate. Included is a short hymn for children.

Prayer:
Father: Christ has appeared among us.

All: Come, let us adore Him.

Mother: The precious gifts which the Magi brought to the Lord this day are threefold, and they are signs of divine mysteries. By gold the power of the King is signified, by frankincense His great priesthood, by myrrh the burial of the Lord

All: The Magi worshipped the Author of our salvation in the crib, and of their treasures they brought to Him gifts of mystic nature.

Youngest Child: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.

All: As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Father: Let us pray;
O God, by the leading of a star Thou didst manifest Thine only begotten Son to the Gentiles on this day; mercifully grant that we who know Thee by faith, may be brought to contemplate the beauty of Thy majesty. Through the same Jesus Christ Thy Son.

All: Alleluia.

The Wise Men tune Jesu Dulcis Memoria
Now there appeared a brilliant Star
Which led the wise Men from afar.
They came and, kneeling down, adored
And offered gifts to Christ, the Lord.

FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY PRAYER
On this day, Lord God, by a guiding star you revealed your Only-Begotten Son to all the peoples of the world.
Lead us from the faith by which we know you now to the vision of your glory, face to face.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
AMEN











Today, we celebrate the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, marking that most holy and b...
31/12/2023

Today, we celebrate the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, marking that most holy and blessed of all families, through which the Lord and Saviour of all has come into our midst. On this Feast of the Holy Family, we are reminded of that family into which the Lord had been born into, into the loving care of His mother Mary, as well as His foster father, St. Joseph.

The Holy Family is also the role model and example for all of our Christian families, which we are all reminded of the need for us to lead holy and devout lives aligned to the Lord, in our every Christian families, which are the important building blocks of the Church of God.

This reminds us all that every members and parts of the family need to be centred and focused on the Lord, and they should be filled with love and care for one another, and they should always be united in purpose and love at all times. Most importantly, each members of the family should always strive to spend more quality time with each other, and united in prayer and thanksgiving to God whenever they can. In our world today, too often we heard of families breaking down and falling apart, and all of these were often caused by the lack of quality and proper interactions between the members of the family, and when our attentions have been divided by our many distractions in life, such as our many attractions to money and material goods, our worldly concerns and other forms of distractions such as our smartphones and other things that keep us away from spending time well with our families.

It is also very important that families, as far as possible, try to spend time together, to eat together and to do things together, as much as they can. And even more importantly, they should also pray together, as the saying goes rightly, that a family that prays together, stays together. By doing that, not only that it reminds us of the centrality of God in our families, but we also bring God into our families, inviting Him to bless us in our families and helping us to unite our fellow family members together.








Saints of the Day - The Holy Innocents (Patron Saints of Babies)Herod “the Great,” king of Judea, was unpopular with his...
28/12/2023

Saints of the Day - The Holy Innocents (Patron Saints of Babies)

Herod “the Great,” king of Judea, was unpopular with his people because of his connections with the Romans and his religious indifference. Hence he was insecure and fearful of any threat to his throne. He was a master politician and a tyrant capable of extreme brutality. He killed his wife, his brother, and his sister’s two husbands, to name only a few.

Matthew 2:1-18 tells this story: Herod was “greatly troubled” when astrologers from the east came asking the whereabouts of “the newborn king of the Jews,” whose star they had seen. They were told that the Jewish Scriptures named Bethlehem as the place where the Messiah would be born. Herod cunningly told them to report back to him so that he could also “do him homage.” They found Jesus, offered him their gifts, and warned by an angel, avoided Herod on their way home. Jesus escaped to Egypt.

Herod became furious and “ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under.” The horror of the massacre and the devastation of the mothers and fathers led Matthew to quote Jeremiah: “A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children…” (Matthew 2:18). Rachel was the wife of Jacob (Israel). She is pictured as weeping at the place where the Israelites were herded together by the conquering Assyrians for their march into captivity.

The Holy Innocents are few in comparison to the genocide and abortion of our day. But even if there had been only one, we recognize the greatest treasure God put on the earth—a human person, destined for eternity, and graced by Jesus’ death and resurrection.








Dear beloved Parish community,May the joy of Christmas fill your hearts with warmth and love. Wishing you a blessed and ...
25/12/2023

Dear beloved Parish community,

May the joy of Christmas fill your hearts with warmth and love. Wishing you a blessed and memorable celebration, surrounded by the love of family and the peace of the season. May the spirit of Christmas bring unity, hope, and happiness to each and every one of you. In our prayers, let's remember the true meaning of this special day and embrace the joy it brings.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!











The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has released an official statement on the recent Vatican Document "Fiducia Su...
21/12/2023

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has released an official statement on the recent Vatican Document "Fiducia Supplicans". Everyone should take time to read this.







GAUDETE SUNDAYThe third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice). ...
17/12/2023

GAUDETE SUNDAY

The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e. Rejoice). The season of Advent originated as a fast of forty days in preparation for Christmas, commencing on the day after the feast of St. Martin (12 November), whence it was often called "St. Martin's Lent"-- a name by which it was known as early as the fifth century.

The introduction of the Advent fast cannot be placed much earlier, because there is no evidence of Christmas being kept on 25 December before the end of the fourth century (Duchesne, "Origines du culte chrétien", Paris, 1889), and the preparation for the feast could not have been of earlier date than the feast itself.

In the ninth century, the duration of Advent was reduced to four weeks, the first allusion to the shortened season being in a letter of St. Nicholas I (858-867) to the Bulgarians, and by the twelfth century the fast had been replaced by simple abstinence.

St. Gregory the Great was the first to draw up an Office for the Advent season, and the Gregorian Sacramentary is the earliest to provide Masses for the Sundays of Advent. In both Office and Mass provision is made for five Sundays, but by the tenth century four was the usual number, though some churches of France observed five as late as the thirteenth century.

Notwithstanding all these modifications, however, Advent still preserved most of the characteristics of a penitential season which made it a kind of counterpart to Lent, the middle (or third) Sunday corresponding with Laetare or Mid-Lent Sunday.

On it, as on Laetare Sunday, the organ and flowers, forbidden during the rest of the season, were, permitted to be used; rose-coloured vestments were allowed instead of purple (or black, as formerly); the deacon and subdeacon reassumed the dalmatic and tunicle at the chief Mass, and cardinals wore rose-colour instead of purple. All these distinguishing marks have continued in use, and are the present discipline of the Latin Church.

Gaudete Sunday, therefore, makes a breaker like Laetare Sunday, about midway through a season which is otherwise of a penitential character, and signifies the nearness of the Lord's coming. Of the "stations" kept in Rome the four Sundays of Advent, that at the Vatican basilica is assigned to Gaudete, as being the most important and imposing of the four.

In both Office and Mass throughout Advent continual reference is made to our Lord's second coming, and this is emphasized on the third Sunday by the additional signs of gladness permitted on that day.

Gaudete Sunday is further marked by a new Invitatory, the Church no longer inviting the faithful to adore merely "The Lord who is to come", but calling upon them to worship and hail with joy "The Lord who is now nigh and close at hand".

The Nocturn lessons from the Prophecy of Isaias describe the Lord's coming and the blessings that will result from it, and the antiphons at Vespers re-echo the prophetic promises. The joy of expectation is emphasized by the constant Alleluias, which occur in both Office and Mass throughout the entire season. In the Mass, the Introit "Gaudete in Domino semper" strikes the same note, and gives its name to the day.

The Epistle again incites us to rejoicing, and bids us prepare to meet the coming Saviour with prayers and supplication and thanksgiving, whilst the Gospel, the words of St. John Baptist, warns us that the Lamb of God is even now in our midst, though we appear to know Him not.

The spirit of the Office and Liturgy all through Advent is one of expectation and preparation for the Christmas feast as well as for the second coming of Christ, and the penitential exercises suitable to that spirit are thus on Gaudete Sunday suspended, as were, for a while in order to symbolize that joy and gladness in the Promised Redemption which should never be absent from the heart of the faithful.

Episcopal Month in Nigeria!This Month is indeed blessed with canonical and episcopal events in Nigeria. 8th December, 20...
12/12/2023

Episcopal Month in Nigeria!

This Month is indeed blessed with canonical and episcopal events in Nigeria.

8th December, 2023:
The Holy Father, Pope Francis appointed Revd Monsignor Dr. Anselm Pendo Lawani as the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ilorin, he will succeed Most Revd Paul Adegboyega Olowoore of blessed memory.

Today, 12th December, 2023:
The Canonical Er****on of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina, Katsina State. The Ordination and Installation of the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina, Revd Monsignor Professor Gerald Mamman Musa.

14th December, 2023:
The Ordination and Installation of the second Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Zaria, Revd Monsignor Dr. Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh, he succeeds Most Revd George Jonathan Dodo who passed unto glory on 8th July, 2022.

19th December, 2023:
Episcopal Ordination of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Revd Monsignor Dr. Simeon Nwobi, CMF.

Hearty congratulations, and May God bless your Episcopates. Amen.










𝙎𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙉𝘿 𝙎𝙐𝙉𝘿𝘼𝙔 𝙊𝙁 𝘼𝘿𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏—𝙋𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙀As we progress through the spiritual journey of Advent, the second Sunday traditionally sym...
10/12/2023

𝙎𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙉𝘿 𝙎𝙐𝙉𝘿𝘼𝙔 𝙊𝙁 𝘼𝘿𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏—𝙋𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙀
As we progress through the spiritual journey of Advent, the second Sunday traditionally symbolizes the virtue of Peace. The second purple candle that is lit on this day is known as the "Bethlehem Candle." Reflecting on the journey of Mary and St. Joseph to Bethlehem during the weeks leading up to the first Christmas is a good way to remain in a spirit of humble reflection and penance.












Join us for an unforgettable evening of joy and harmony at our contemporary Christmas carol on Sunday 10th December 2023...
08/12/2023

Join us for an unforgettable evening of joy and harmony at our contemporary Christmas carol on Sunday 10th December 2023 at the Catholic Church of the Presentation, GRA Ikeja, Lagos by 4pm.

Embrace the festive spirit, create lasting memories. Don't miss out – let's celebrate the season together in style.

It's Day 4 of our Advent Retreat which begins by with the sacrifice of the Holy Mass by 6pm. Let us endeavour to be pre...
07/12/2023

It's Day 4 of our Advent Retreat which begins by with the sacrifice of the Holy Mass by 6pm. Let us endeavour to be present as we pray together as a community for God's people.

May the hope, peace, joy and love of Christ fill your hearts and homes. Amen.

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