Oh Mother of Perpetual Help, I commit to You today, my life. I pray that You sustain and increase all sources of my joy and happiness and remove every form of discomfort and pain not of God in my life. Give me the grace to serve and please God that He may bless, favour and guard me in all I do.
Oh Mary, help us.
AN ADDRESS PRESENTED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS OSEMENE III, THE OBI OF ISSELES AND TRADITIONAL HEAD OF EZECHIMA CLAN TO OMO N'OBA N'EDO UKU AKPOLOKPOLO,
THE OBA OF BENIN, OMON'OBA, OBA EREDIAUWA.
Years ago,I made it a habit to research the stories behind hymns before singing them - it interestingly opened my emotions to a different light & turned the lyrics of the hymn into life
There's one I'll never forget: the story of the writer "It is well with my soul"
I'll share:
I wrote this below while in church because it came to me like a prophecy. It was also a realization of my mistakes.
I saw a kid sleeping outside in Lome and told myself that I would rescue those like him when I get something I was praying for. I never got it.
I now know why.
If we all agree that the purpose of education is not learning many facts but training the mind to think critically, here are some of the things you do not learn in school:
Handling failures
Developing passion
Cooperating
Judgement
Pragmatism
Building relationships
What else ?
It is those who know us that know our weak points. May the Lord be our support so that we are never defeated in our just contention with the enemy or friend who uses our weakness against us.
May the Sacraments be a source of strength and blessing for us always. Amen🙏