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I remember how Fr. Okunerere (Prof. Martin Obayi) explained in his book how he delivered him from occultism and cultism using his holy water 💦.
I was happy to meet him face to face in 2019 when I was aspiring to Jesus the Saviour.
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He carried the wounds of Christ while staying gentle with people.
CATHERINE OF SIENA –this one is my darling Paddy (Purity, stigmata, holiness. Fierce, outspoken for truth, and totally devoted to prayer and the Church).
Happy feast day of the great saint of history, padua
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To my darling patron, St. Anthony of Padua, I write:
St. Anthony is one of my models — a man who lived hoping to die as a martyr.
After seeing five Franciscan friars willingly embrace “sister death” for the sake of the Gospel,
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ANTHONY DE GREAT– The desert father. (Hermit life, relentless persistence, practical tips for fighting temptation, and that same longing for martyrdom). He’s the blueprint for spiritual warfare.
PADRE PIO–( Stigmata, endurance through suffering, and radical purity).
To the neophyte mystic like me, it’s a joy to experience the being of God through meditatio and contemplatio ( meditation and contemplation). But at an earlier stage, it’s difficult to sit down and actually practice it. All I can say is: “DON’T GIVE UP. TARRY.”
Philosophically, I was somewhat upset this morning during our morning meditation by one of the preachers. In his words, "If there's no salvation, there's no direction," and people shouted "Yeah" 🤣🤣
If they are not saved, it means that they are somewhere, which is also a destination. 🙆🏼♀️
Critically, the word "salvation" exists because there is its counterpart, "unsaved".