BENEFITS OF FATING

The benefits of Fasting are (but not limited to);

1. Fasting helps one to see the root (origin/cause) of things before and after they happen 

2. Fasting reveals your success key to you

3. Fasting shows you the dangers and traps of the enemies

4. Fasting humbles a person and makes him/her hungry for God instead of gold (material things like food, money and any other thing of value)

5. Fasting is painful but gainful in the end

6. Fasting is spiritually enriching

7. Fasting makes God come close to you (because it is a spiritually cleansing exercise)

8. Fasting is submission to God and acknowledging Him as the source and sustainer of life.  

Please, try to create time to do Fasting, as regular as possible, for your own good and you will be blessed aside getting the benefits aforementioned. 

My warm greeting goes to you all and your respective Families 

........Cheers.........

🎤"BLESSED THE MAN WHO FEARS THE LORD" (Ps 112:1)

⏰Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (05 June 2023 - Memorial of St. Boniface)

📖Tob 1:3, 2:1-8; Ps 112:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 (R.v.1b); Mark 12:1-12

🎤"BLESSED THE MAN WHO FEARS THE LORD" (Ps 112:1)

My dear friend in Christ, I welcome you to this new day in a new work week. Listen to the prayers of the psalmist for you today:

👉🏼Your descendants would be powerful on earth and your generation blest (Ps 112:2), Amen!

👉🏼Again, riches and wealth shall be in your house and a light would rise to enlighten the darkness before you (Ps 112:3-4), amen.

👉🏼And it shall be well with you; nothing can ever move you (Ps 112:5-6), amen.

To be a beneficiary of those blessings, you must live uprightly before God because they are only for those who fear the Lord and keep his commandments (Ps 112:1).

Faith and upright life are great concerns for the Book of Tobit, which we shall be reflecting on in the next few days. It is one of the seven books which were added to the original contents of the Hebrew Bible after the translation of the Bible into Greek.

The major character in that Book, Tobit, presents himself as an upright man (Tob 1:3-4) unlike the wicked tenants of Mark 12:1-12. That was the reason he was not afraid to do what he thinks to be right even in the face of great persecution (see Ps 112:6).

St. Boniface, a learned man and an eloquent preacher, whose memorial we celebrate today was equally an upright man. He had to endure failures in his quest to bring the good news to idolaters. After the initial failure, he returned to his monastery where he was elected the Abbot. But that is not what he wanted, and so he resigned within a short time. Eventually, with the permission of the Pope, he went to evangelize in Germany where he opened many dioceses and made many converts. In the process, he also won the crown of martyrdom.

You too can bear witness to Christ through your upright life.

May God grant us the fortitude to withstand all temptations and endure all persecutions that try to push us down, so that remaining steadfast in righteousness, we may gain the blessings which God has promised us. Amen.

May you have a stress free work week. Peace be with you.

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RELATIONSHIP TIPS FOR SINGLES

1. It is very dangerous to marry someone you are not sexually attracted to

2. You might be attractive to people to get them curious to engage you, but your character will determine whether they stay interested in you

3. Both someone coming to use you and someone coming to love you will tell you sweet words and desire you sexually, it is for you to discern

4. The myth of "You attract who you are" is not fully true. As a good person, you will attract both the good and the bad. Good is attractive to all

5. Your ability to hold amazing and interesting conversations is what will make you a keeper. No one wants to marry someone boring or whose talk is flat. Companionship is the central goal of marriage 

6. You can know you two have sexual chemistry and tension without having sex

7. Be careful of people who are quickly generous with affectionate names and words, they might be doing it to multiple people. Mature people hold their special words dear and don't give them to just anyone 

8. Be careful of someone who claims to be prayerful or wants a Godly family but is hesitant to pray

9. Dates don't have to be expensive, they don't even have to cost any money. But they must be memorable 

10. Not every good looking person is meant to be your suitor, some are just meant to be a good looking friend 

11. There is a difference between someone who is good for you, and someone who is right for you

11 things i think you can do, to avoid the stings of Subsidy Removal.

1. Cut unnecessary expenses. Reduce or even stop Partying, clubing, excessive drinking & eating. As much as you can, prepare your own meal or eat from home. Home made food is healthier & cheaper. 

2. Proactively & Creatively increase your earning potentials. 

3. Detach yourself from associations/groups that seek to put you under unnecessary financial pressure. 

4. Devote yourself to income generating activities. 

5. Unless it's very necessary, minimise travelling to the village every now and then, most village and family people are not smiling at the moment. If you can, send them money, than going in person.

6. Priotise your daily activities. Take on only what is necessary & beneficial. 

7. Invest in income generating assets. 

8. Stop buying what you don't need. 

9. Sell of idle assets that's not generating income and look for ways to invest the money. 

10. Try your best to avoid fornication and adultery. That thing is costly and expensive. 

11. This is not a time to be driving a V12 or V18 engine  all over the places. Get yourself a Picanto or a Yaris, if that will help you save more money. Lol. 

The Caterpillar of Subsidy will not Jam you in Jesus name, Insha Allah..

GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE LORDHE WILL REPAY YOU SEVENFOLD (Sirach 35:9-10)

⏰Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (30 May 2023)

📖Sir 35:1-12; Ps 50:5-6, 7-8, 14 and 23 (R.v.23bc); Mark 10:28-31

GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE LORDHE WILL REPAY YOU SEVENFOLD (Sirach 35:9-10)

Beloved in Christ, we give thanks to God for his grace and strength to continue in this journey of faith together. I plead with you to accompany me with your prayers for the sustenance of the grace and strength, and of being a true example of the gospel that I preach.

Do you remember the story of that rich young man that came to Jesus to find out what he must do to gain eternal life? The rich young man was obviously living a righteous life, but he lacked charity (cf. Mark 10:19-21). 

On account of his righteousness, the disciples wondered whether they can gain anything from following Jesus (cf. Mark 10:28). But Jesus reassured them that none of their efforts would go unrewarded (cf. Mark 10:29-30).

So my dear fellow pilgrim, continue steadfastly in your effort to do the will of God, living in generosity and in righteousness. Do not mind those who tell you that your effort does not count for your salvation because Jesus had already won that for you. St. Augustine says that the God who created you without your knowledge will not save you without your cooperation.

However, you must not see your effort as a great contribution that MUST be rewarded by God. That is reward-centered morality and it is a faulty kind of morality.

May God grant us the grace of living generously with others and making our world a better place. May he save our country from the present confusion and hardship it has been thrown into by greed and selfishness. Amen. 

Peace be well with you.

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THE BOOK OF JOB

Based on the discussions we had today on Jesus and wealth,  I think we have to treat in the next few days the most ancient book of the entire Bible called the Book of Job. 

The book of Job was written about 400 years before the book of Genesis. 

It was written in a language that is no longer spoken today. Some of the things or features it talks about are also no longer in existence today. 

To understand the historical settings of the book of Job will help us to understand that of many books of the Bible.

It will help us in interpreting the Bible the way it should be.

Stay tuned. 

Fada Angelo Chidi Unegbu