Do You Know Your Catholic Faith

29/03/2026

THE IMPACT OF HOLY WEEK AS CATHOLICS AND CHRISTIANITY AT LARGE

Holy Week stands as one of the most profound and spiritually significant periods in the Catholic faith and Christianity at large. It is a week dedicated to commemorating the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the cornerstone events that define Christian belief and salvation history.

Beginning with Palm Sunday, believers remember Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where crowds laid palm branches before Him, symbolizing victory and homage. This day sets the tone for the week, blending joy with anticipation, as Catholics prepare themselves for the solemn events ahead.

Throughout Holy Week, the atmosphere shifts to one of deep reflection and reverence. Holy Thursday, also known as MAUNDY THURSDAY, commemorates the Last Supper, where Jesus instituted the Eucharist and washed His disciples' feet, exemplifying humility and service. This day invites believers to ponder the importance of community, servant leadership and selfless love.

Good Friday marks the solemn remembrance of Jesus' crucifixion and death at Calvary. Churches often hold services such as the Stations of the Cross, meditation on Christ's suffering, and veneration of the Cross, emphasizing sacrifice and redemption. It is a day of mourning, yet also of hope, as Christians contemplate the depth of Christ’s love displayed through His suffering.

Holy Saturday is a day of quiet reflection and anticipation, culminating in the Easter Vigil held during the night. This sacred service celebrates the resurrection, with readings, prayer, and the lighting of the Paschal candle symbolizing Christ's light overcoming darkness.

Finally, Easter Sunday heralds the triumph of life over death, the resurrection of Jesus, and the promise of eternal life. It is the most jubilant day in the CATHOLIC/CHRISTIAN LITURGICAL CALENDAR, marked by joyful celebrations, Masses, and the reaffirmation of faith.

Holy Week is not merely a series of liturgical events but a profound journey of faith, inviting believers to participate in the mystery of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection. It calls for introspection, renewal, and a renewed commitment to living out the teachings of Jesus. In its depths, Holy Week remains a powerful reminder of God's love, sacrifice, and the hope that sustains Christians worldwide.

03/01/2026

Praying using Trinity is not an Error! Don't be shy!

WHICH IS MORE POWERFUL: IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS OR IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER , AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Today, during a course meeting, I was asked to lead the opening prayer. As a Catholic, I began the prayer with the Sign of the Cross:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Before I could continue, some body walked up to me silently and said
“Sister, not all of us here are Catholics. Please pray in the mighty name of Jesus.”

I respectfully replied that this is my belief, this is my faith, and this is how I pray. I explained that wherever I am, I represent the Church, just as our Pentecostal brothers and sisters confidently begin their prayers in the way their faith teaches them.

Because I did not start with “in the mighty name of Jesus” and insisted on making the Sign of the Cross, some people felt very cold as though they were disappointed in me that I could not pray powerfully using "in Jesus'name" or " in the mighty name of Jesus "

I share this not out of anger but as a lesson.

Let me be very clear: praying “in the mighty name of Jesus” or " in Jesus' name "is NOT wrong. It is biblical and beautiful. Catholics also believe deeply in the power of the name of Jesus, and all our prayers are offered through Him.

However, it is important to understand that it is not the only correct way to pray.

When Catholics begin prayer “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” we are praying using the Trinitarian formular which Jesus taught in the Scripture :

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:19)

The Sign of the Cross is our profession of faith in the Holy Trinity. Jesus is not excluded. He is the Son. So when we pray this way, Jesus is fully included.

We make the Sign of the Cross before prayers to solemnly invite the Trinity to hear our requests. We equally are sealing ourselves with this divine mark of his presence. Also, we are quickly calling to mind the death of Jesus on the cross of calvary for us before making our requests or prayers.

Many times, Catholics are pressured, directly or indirectly, to hide their identity in public gatherings. The sign of the cross is not a crime. It is not disrespectful. It is biblical. It is Christian. It is Catholic.

I have noticed that many Catholics become shy when asked to pray in public. Please, let us not be ashamed of who we are. Our faith is not something to be hidden, diluted, or negotiated.

Different Christian traditions pray differently, but difference does not mean error.

Wherever you find yourself, school, workplace, meetings, pray as a Catholic, with love, confidence, and respect.
✝️ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.🙏

22/11/2025

Celebrating my 13th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

15/10/2025

St Louis Catholic church Egbeda wishes to invite you to another edition of her praise blast . Did you attend the first one? If you haven't, then try to attend this second. I promise you , you won't regret it.

Date : Friday 24th October,2025

VENUE: st Louis Catholic church Egbeda, 10 orelope street Egbeda.

TIME: 6pm till dawn

You can't afford to miss out. Come let's dance like David danced.

Praise blast! Praise like never before..
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25/05/2025

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As a priest or pastor, people will approach you for spiritual solutions to problems that are medical, attitudinal, economic, political or lifestyle. You can counsel them, tell them the truth and pray with them for God's grace, or you can validate their ignorance, illusion and fears by prescribing prayers and other spiritual solutions to them.

The first approach will earn you nothing from them; no attachment, no gifts and no followership in most cases. The second approach will get them emotionally attached to you, they will see you as the powerful minister and follow you the way the crowd followed Jesus until he told them the truth about the bread of life in Jn 6.

What you are looking for in the ministry will definitely determine which approach you take. Tell them what they want to hear and they will give you what you want. Give them what they need and you risk getting nothing.

I think many of us are scared of getting that nothing if that's the only thing we get from the truth. Yes, sometimes the truth costs you something and gets you nothing.

11/05/2025

Reno Omokri's Mockery.

Reno Omockri literally mocked the conclave that produces popes by saying it is not scriptural. He said that the biblical way to select a leader of ekklesia( he refuses to use the word 'church' saying it is not in the bible, that what is in the bible is ekklesia. Meanwhile that's like refusing to use 'solar' to refer to the sun because the bible only used 'sun' for it. This is mockery of intelligence) is to write out names and cast a lot as the Apostles did in choosing Mathias. As far as Reno is concerned, casting lots is the scriptural way to choose a church leader.

Firstly, Reno is a non catholic. He should tell us if his church chooses it's leaders by lots or divination. Secondly, Fr Chinaka Justin Mbaeri, in a comprehensive rebuttal to Reno, pointed out that leaders were chosen by other means in the bible. In fact, the casting of lots was used only once by the Apostles, and that happened before the Pentecost.

After the Pentecost, all those chosen for leadership positions were through prayers, discernment and action of the leaders. In Acts 6, the Apostles told the church to choose 7 men by themselves who will then be appointed by the Apostles for a particular assignment. Lots were not cast. In Acts 14:23 Paul and Barnabas "appointed elders", they didn't cast lots.

The point here is that the election of a pope by a group of Cardinals is deeply rooted in scripture, not as a repeatable mathematical formular, but as a spiritual pattern. When Jesus wanted to choose his 12 disciples, he spent the whole night in prayer and selected 12 men out of the many that followed him, he didn't cast lots. This is same pattern the church uses to elect a pope: the highest ranking church officials gather, after prayers and discernment, they elect one from among themselves. This election is not a democracy or theocracy, it is discernment through the Holy Spirit.

Peter, the first Pope died. People like Reno have no idea where and when he died and how his successor emerged. These are facts you can't see in scripture, but they happened historically. The catholic church is the custodian of the history of Christianity. There are truths about the church you can't find in the pages of scripture, the church has them. The point is that the election of the pope is biblically grounded.

Anyone can brilliantly use texts of scriptures to propound errors. We have seen people use scriptures to teach against life saving blood donations and life saving surgical procedures. This same Reno uses the bible to teach that Jesus Christ is not God. Meanwhile this is the foundation of Christianity, if Jesus is not God, Christianity doesn't exist. Christ's divinity and humanity are the central doctrines of Christianity, to deny any of them is to deny the foundation on which Christianity stands.

Someone who says Jesus is not God cannot be a Christian. As intelligent as Reno is, biblical interpretation and application are way more than what he thinks. Once more, Reno must distinguish between 'resourceful ignorance' and true knowledge as far as biblical interpretation is concerned

09/05/2025

You know, it’s funny when people hear that Pope Leo XIV has a math degree, taught physics, and wrote a thesis on monastic leadership, they act like it's some wild plot twist. The Cathølic Chûrch has always been low-key obsessed with education. I mean, did you know nearly every pope since the Renaissance has had a PhD? Benedict XVI had five. Cardinals today basically need doctorate-level expertise to even get a seat at the table. Leo XIV isn't an outlier; he's following a 2,000-year-old playbook where faith and reason are BFFs. This is the same institution that gave us the Big Bang theory (thanks to a Jesuit priest, Georges Lemaître) and the guy who invented genetics (shoutout to Gregor Mendel, the pea-plant-obsessed Augustinian friar). Yet somehow, we still think of the Chûrch as just incense and hymns.

The Church's duality; defending doctrinal tradition while pioneering intellectual frontiers, is its defining paradox. Consider the Vatican's astronomical observatory, which has operated since 1582, or the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which has included members like Hawking and Einstein.

Let's break it down. Those monks and nuns you picture copying manuscripts in candlelit monasteries? They weren't just praying, they were preserving ancient Greek philosophy, advancing math, and basically saving Western civilisation during the Dark Ages. Fast-forward to today, and the Vatican still runs its own space telescope (yes, really, Jesuit brothers track asteroids). The Chúrch condemned Galileo, sure, but now it funds ethical stem-cell research and partners with IBM on AI ethics. It's like the ultimate comeback story: "Oops, we messed up on heliocentrism; here's a think tank on quantum physics."

And let's talk about those religiøus orders. Jesuits? They basically invented the modern university system. The Jesuits founded in 1540, by a chap called Ignatius Loyala, (half monk, half soldier) ran over 800 universities globally. Franciscans gave us Occam's Razor; you know, that "simplest explanation is best" rule you learned in science class? That came from a 14th-century friar who loved logic more than the Pope loved his fancy hat. The Dominicans had Thomas Aquinas, who merged Aristotle's philosophy with theology. Augustinians, Leo XIV's crew, were all about community and critical thinking, traits he took to Peru, where he spent 20 years teaching in slums while quietly holding dual citizenship. The guy's got more layers than a medieval manuscript.

But here's the upper-cut: the Chûrch thrives on this weird paradox. It's conservative enough to make your grandma nod approvingly ("No women priests? Classic.") but progressive enough to have a Pope who trash-talks climate deniers and slams border policies. Leo XIV fits right in; he's a Republican primary voter who also called Trump's family separations "illicit," a social media critic who warns bishops not to be divisive online. It's like the Chûrch says, "We'll debate evolution with Darwinians by day and chant Latin psalms by night and we'll look good doing both."

So next time someone acts shocked that a pope knows quantum physics or tweets about refugees, just smile. The Cathølic Chûrch has been playing 4D chess with knowledge for centuries. It's not a relic; it's a living library, where friars argue about black holes over breakfast and nuns run coding bootcamps. Leo XIV? He's just the latest chapter in a story where faith doesn't fear science…It fuels it.

Written by Abdullahi Hamza.

05/02/2025

05/02/2025

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