Fr Igah Jacob

God's child

[Fr Igah Jacob @1Jaeke]

@frmarcellinus

[Uche is a girl 🇻🇦 @UcheMaryOkoli]

FIRST MASS IN 7 YEARS🤯🤯🤯

7 years ago, this church in Niger state, Nigeria, was abandoned due to the territory being inhabited by terrorists.

7 years later, the first mass was celebrated this week by our SMA missionary and with the villagers, giving them opportunity to hear the gospel again after so many years.

God bless the SMA!
God bless and protect Nigeria!
- SMA NIGERIA PROVINCE.

This is what our Catholic priests do.
Pray for the Catholic priests.

They're the most selfless people.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Christ is risen from the dead, and with him, we too rise to new life! This Easter proclamation embraces the mystery of our lives and the destiny of history, reaching us even in the depths of death. #Easter

[Fr. Chris Vorderbruggen @FatherChrisVor1]

When someone says, “Lent is an extra-biblical tradition,” I understand what they mean. You will not find the word Lent printed in the New Testament. But that does not end the conversation. It actually begins it.

First, the Bible clearly gives us the pattern of preparation before great works of God. Moses fasted forty days before receiving the Law (Exodus 34:28). Elijah fasted forty days as he journeyed to Horeb (1 Kings 19:8). Most importantly, our Lord Himself fasted forty days in the wilderness before beginning His public ministry (Matthew 4:2). The number is not random. The Church did not invent forty days out of thin air. It is biblical symbolism rooted in Scripture.

Second, from the earliest centuries, Christians prepared for Easter with fasting and prayer. By the second and third centuries, we already see evidence of pre-Paschal fasting. By the fourth century, after Christianity emerged from persecution, a more defined forty-day period of preparation became common across much of the Church. This was not an addition to the Gospel. It was the Church living the Gospel in time.

Third, Scripture itself tells us that not everything the apostles handed down was written in a book. St. Paul says, “Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle” (2 Thessalonians 2:15). The word traditions here simply means what was handed on. The Church has always understood that Christian life includes both what is written and what has been faithfully practiced from the beginning.

Lent is not a new doctrine. It does not add to salvation. It does not compete with the Cross. It is a season of repentance, fasting, prayer, and charity designed to help believers prepare their hearts for the celebration of the Resurrection.

If someone chooses not to observe Lent, they are not rejecting the Gospel. But to call it “extra-biblical” as if that makes it unchristian misunderstands how the historic Church has always lived. Lent does not add to Scripture or replace the Gospel. It is a historic discipline shaped by Scripture, meant to draw us closer to Christ.

And if it leads you to repent, to pray, to fast, to forgive, to seek Christ more earnestly, then it is doing exactly what it was meant to do.

[The Last Of The Weird Ones @The_Weird_Chef]

GO BACK TO YOUR BIBLE!!!

The journey to Easter wasn't an easy or sweet one, it was laced with bitter tears, spits, slaps, blo0d and humiliation. Nobody back then was happy, from the moment Jesus told his disciples that someone amongst them will betray him, they weren't happy, they kept asking Jesus who it was but he didn't mention. In the garden of gethsemany, Jesus knew the journey ahead wouldn't be pleasant and he said 'Father if thy will, let this cup pass me by'. The 40 days of Lent is a reminder that Jesus's last days on earth wasn't filled with alleluia but with insults and humiliation. It is a time where we're urged to go back in reflection and self denial. So, i don't understand the fights and silly arguments I'm seeing some catholics put out on here! If you need to go watch a movie to help you understand or read your Bible, please do so.

Lent is not a season of celebrations, it is a season of self denial and reflection. Even the Bible teaches about 'Times and seasons' and the season we're in now, is not one of celebration.

Selah!

[Aji Bussu Onye Mpiawa azụ 🇨🇮 @AfamDeluxo]

Catholicism too elite. 🤍

[Friar JoshuaMary, OP @FriarJ]

As a Catholic following the Hallelujah Challenge during Lent is a big caricature of your baptism, Confirmation, all the Holy communion, masses and Rosaries you have ever done.

Catholics fast from HALLELUIA during Lent.

#Catholic #CatholicTwitter #CatholicX #Lent2026 #penance

[Catholic Frequency @CatholicFQ]

“Him whom the heavens cannot contain, the womb of one woman bore.”

— St. Augustine

[Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch @FrUgochukwu]

Bishop Anagbe of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi speaking on the killings of Christians in Nigeria.

Thank you Bishop for choosing not to be silent.

[FS YUSUF @FSYusuff]

Bishop of the Catholic dioceses of Makurdi Benue testifying before the US Congress .

You have to give it to these catholic priests These clerics are bold!!

[TA 🍊 @Tope_soft]

The Catholic dioceses of Makurdi really came prepared .

Omo . They are now showing one of the victims live and interview her live .

Damn !!! This is prime TV !

[Channels Television @channelstv]

FG Downplayed Numbers, Abandoned Survivors Of Yilwatda Attacks, Says Catholic Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Wilfred Anagbe.

#CTVTweets

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Christians do not call burial places “necropolises”, that is, “cities of the dead”, but “cemeteries”, which literally means “sleeping places”, places where one rests, awaiting the resurrection.

[Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch @FrUgochukwu]

OCTOBER DEVOTION:

Day 1 of our 31-Day Journey with Mary

[Fr Igah Jacob @1Jaeke]

@KerenKBitto 😂😂😂

[The_Bearded_Dr_Sina @the_beardedsina]

I heard so much evil about the Catholic church.
Saw media painted them as idol worshippers.

I read Dan Brown's Da Vinci code, Angels & Demons which potrayed Catholicism as occultic

I saw people brand Opus Dei as a Cult.

I needed to experience the Catholic church myself

Here

[Saint Adaugoijele ✝️ @JustAdaugoijele]

The Rosary is not only an act of devotion but also a place of refuge at certain times amid interior storms of darkness.”

[Fr Igah Jacob @1Jaeke]

@Nita_Iorun There's a shop opposite stadium. I don't know if it's still functional tho

[Fr Igah Jacob @1Jaeke]

@flyairpeace Alright. Thank you. I would like to get an update once this is finalised. I'm waiting keenly as well as several others.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Armed criminals who attacked a seminary in Nigeria have contacted the Diocese of Auchi to demand ransom for three seminarians kidnapped during the raid.

https://t.co/wq9JUf7GZe