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[Ojike Uzoma @Xtopher_Uzo]

Skipping the priest and confessing to God is pretty fine.

As a Catholic, before we for confessions, we first ask God personally for forgiveness.
Then we go for confession to receive penance, afterwich we still pray for our sins.

Why is confession important?
- The priest listens to you and offers words of advice.
- You have a psychological relief because you've told your fellow human your sinful burdens.
- Priests act in persona Christi, which means, they absolve you of your sins in the authority of Christ.

When I go for confession, I walk in with a heavy heart due to my conscience. But when I walk out, I'm coming out with a light heart because I've dropped all my burden on Christ.
After I pray for my penance, I feel like a baby - "freedom".

That's the gift of confession that EVERY Catholic in this world can relate with.

[Hauwa 🌟🌬 @Hauwa_L]

You cannot rehabilitate a person that beheads a person.

You cannot rehabilitate someone that offs people for sport.

You cannot rehabilitate someone that kidnaps and rapes children.

[Chen🎶 @_ChenMichael]

@MrMekzy_ Eeeish!😂😂

[Sheila of the Most High @sheilatebra]

This Lady on Tiktok cleaning her house said something that really stuck with me: “Take care of what God has already placed in your hands, so He knows you’re ready for what’s next. If you don’t steward what you have now, you can’t expect more.” And that hit. Wherever you are in life right now the small apartment, the job you’re still growing in, the season you didn’t plan for honor it. Be responsible with it. Be grateful for it. Growth starts with stewardship. 🫶🏾

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

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[Duchess of Bourdillon! @duchessmabboud]

I just graduated a few weeks ago. I was class rep all through my stay in UI Law so I knew nearly all my classmates on a personal note.

The ones who worked every last day just to feed and afford the basics.

The ones we had to crowdfund for.

The ones who were in and out of hospital and always called to take excuse because while we’re writing yet another test, they can’t make it because they are on a hospital bed for the umpteenth time that semester.

The ones who got overwhelmed and depressed.

The ones who lost family and/or friends and just couldn’t find their way back.

The family men and women who just had other responsibilities and cant give it as much time as the others.

And it goes on and on…

The most important thing I learnt from being class rep is not leadership or service. It is to give people grace when it comes to these things.

There are still those who do not care and just want to graduate with whatever but mehn, more than half the time, life happened and it takes different forms.

Leave people alone. Let them celebrate their 2:2 if they want. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THERE!

And I really hope you never have to know.

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

Joseph of Arimathea took down a corpse.

Hands still sticky with blood.

Skin already cold.

Touched death. Held it. Wrapped it.

Became ceremonially unclean for Passover.

For a dead man.

Here's what most Christians miss about the burial of Jesus:

Joseph was a wealthy man. A member of the Sanhedrin. A respected Jew.

And Passover was 3 hours away.

The holiest day of the year.

But he climbed Golgotha anyway.

Jewish law was clear:

Touch a dead body = unclean for 7 days.

Can't worship. Can't celebrate. Can't enter the temple.

Joseph knew this.

He'd spent his entire life following these laws.

But Jesus was still hanging on that cross.

Picture it:

The crowds are gone. The soldiers drunk. The women weeping.

Joseph approaches Pilate—the man who just murdered his Lord—and asks permission.

"Can I have the body?"

Pilate grants it.

Now Joseph has to actually DO it.

He walks to Golgotha.

Blood-soaked dirt. The smell of death. Three crosses against the sky.

Jesus in the middle.

Still.

Finally still.

Joseph climbs the ladder.

Grabs the first nail.

Pulls.

Feel the weight of that moment.

God's body in your arms.

The blood isn't dry yet.

It stains his expensive robes.

His hands.

Under his fingernails.

He can taste the iron in the air.

This is what obedience looks like.

Messy. Expensive. Permanent.

Nicodemus shows up.

Another secret disciple. Another Sanhedrin member.

He brings 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes.

That's about $150,000 worth of burial spices in today's money.

Two wealthy men. Two cowards until now.

Finally brave when it's already too late.

They work fast.

Sabbath is coming. They have maybe 3 hours.

Wrap the body. Pour the spices. Seal the tomb.

The sun is setting.

Joseph is now officially unclean.

Can't celebrate Passover tomorrow.

Can't enter the temple for a week.

Think about what he just gave up:

His ceremonial purity.

His Passover celebration.

His reputation (everyone saw him bury a "blasphemer").

His position (the Sanhedrin won't forget this).

His safety (Romans might come for disciples next).

All for a dead man.

But here's what most Christians miss:

Joseph didn't do this expecting resurrection.

He did it expecting NOTHING.

Jesus was dead. Gone. Finished.

This wasn't faith in resurrection.

This was love for a corpse.

That's the part that wrecks me.

Joseph touched death—literally—knowing it meant giving up everything.

Not because Jesus promised him anything.

But because Jesus deserved honor even in death.

Modern Christianity wants clean obedience.

Safe obedience.

Obedience that doesn't cost you Passover.

But Joseph shows us something different:

True discipleship gets your hands dirty.

You want to follow Jesus?

Then stop avoiding the messy parts.

Stop waiting for clean opportunities.

Stop demanding that obedience be convenient.

Joseph climbed Golgotha when everyone else went home.

He wrapped a corpse when he could've stayed clean.

He missed the holiest day of his life to honor a dead "criminal."

He risked everything when there was no visible reward.

That's not religion.

That's worship.

The twist?

Three days later, that tomb was empty.

Joseph gave his grave to Jesus.

Jesus left it empty.

Forever.

Joseph thought he was burying God.

He was actually setting the stage for resurrection.

Your messy obedience?

God's using it too.

Even when you can't see it.

So here's the question:

What are you avoiding because it's too messy?

What obedience are you postponing because it's inconvenient?

What grave are you unwilling to give?

Joseph of Arimathea held death in his arms.

Got blood on his hands.

Missed Passover.

Lost his reputation.

And earned his name in all four Gospels.

Religion says "stay clean."

Discipleship says "get dirty."

Joseph chose discipleship.

What are you choosing?

—TBM

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Not that this will accomplish anything, since you people hit the "off" switch inside your brains once your religion is mentioned, but for the benefit of the roughly 9 teachable people left in Nigerja, here is what is REALLY happening around you:

1. China is winning the economic war with the US, and the US is aware that it can no longer compete industrially with China, which is already a larger economy than the US in PPP terms. The only reason the US economy is still nominally larger is that the US dollar remains wildly overvalued due to its use as the global reserve currency.

2. The rise of BRICS means that the end of the US dollar as global reserve currency is coming. Once that happens, the US economy will implode, because it is built on exporting USD and importing the world's productivity. Without the overvalued USD as an imperial tool for controlling and extracting from the rest of the planet, the US will basically become Brazil with nuclear warheads.

3. The Trump administration knows this, which is why it has gone into full imperial mode, renaming the DoD to "Department of War," and preparing to deploy the US military across Latin America as part of its 'Monroe Doctrine.' The idea is to secure land, resources, and spheres of influence to compete with China and Russia, since it is no longer the unilateral superpower.

4. In this new multipolar world whose birth you are witnessing, there will be 3 or 4 great powers instead of just one, and all of them will compete and jostle for influence and access to resources. That is what you are witnessing playing out in Nepal, Bangladesh, the Sahel, the Middle East, Venezuela, and many other places. Yes, there are local factors, but everything exists in this wider context of a world being reshaped in front of our eyes.

5. During this reshaping of the world, Africa - the only continent with a majority of its states professing 'nonalignment' with any great power - is the biggest prize that is up for grabs. All of tomorrow's technology, which guarantees economic and military supremacy is built on resources found in DR Congo, Northern Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan and Somalia. (What unique security situation do all these places have in common?)

6.During this reshaping, "international institutions" are debased and made irrelevant. Bibi Netanyahu has an ICC arrest warrant that nobody will honour, and the US government sanctioned the ICC for issuing the warrant, even locking the ICC Chief Prosecutor out of his email and bank accounts. The UN has officially declared Gaza to be a genocide - and nothing happened. And nothing will happen because these "institutions" no longer have of the teeth they once pretended to have.

7. This means that the days of one state cooking up a reason to invade or annex another state - something expressly forbidden since 1945 - are now back. And since Africa has what everybody wants, any great power is now free to deploy a geopolitical meme ("Christian Genocide in Nigeria") and use it to justify invasion to take what it wants. In other words, colonialism is coming back - not IMF/World Bank, suit-wearing, conference-attending, Business-English-speaking, polite neo-colonialism, but open, obvious colonial theft and thuggery. This is not decades away - it is a few years away at the most.

8. Russia considers Europe to be its rightful sphere of influence and trade dominance. Hence it views European access to cheap African resources as a threat. Thus Russia is stepping in to provide military and infrastructure support for African states so that they can start to use their own resources for themselves and leave Europe dependent on Russia. Europe and the US see this as an existential threat, hence their proxy war in Ukraine and their new geopolitical meme ("Christian Genocide in Nigeria") to justify direct military occupation of West Africa.

9. No great power gives a single fuck about "Nigerian Christian genocide." All you are is a means to an end!

[Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch @FrUgochukwu]

WHAT IS DELAYING THE CANONIZATION OF BLESSED TANSI?

Following the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed PierGiorgio Frassati yesterday in Rome, many Nigerians have been asking an important question: when will our own Blessed Michael Iwene Tansi, beatified twenty-six years ago in 1998, be canonized?

Some have even gone as far as suggesting that if Tansi were a Westerner, he would already have been canonized. To them, his African origin is what is delaying the process. But is this really the case?

The truth is that canonization in the Catholic Church is never a matter of race, politics, or sentiment. It is a process. The Church, in her wisdom, has always approached sainthood with seriousness, guided by the conviction that saints are models of holiness for the universal Church. That is why the process of canonization is long, rigorous, and spiritual.

The process generally follows four main stages. First, one is declared a Servant of God, when the cause for canonization is officially opened in the local diocese of the person, usually after five years of the person’s death except in a case of martyrdom or other exceptions. Next comes Venerable, when the Church recognizes that the person lived a life of heroic virtue.

Then follows Beatification, which requires the recognition of at least one miracle obtained through the candidate’s intercession. The miracle has to be reported, documented, medically reviewed, and judged inexplicable by scientific experts before being discerned as miracles. After beatification, the title Blessed is given. The final step is Canonization, which normally requires a second miracle confirmed by designated experts, after which the person is officially declared a saint of the universal Church.

Blessed Tansi has already gone through the first three stages. What is left is the last step: canonization. And for that to happen, the Church awaits a confirmed miracle through his intercession after his beatification.

So, if we sincerely and objectively ask the question, “What is holding Tansi’s canonization?”, the answer is not the Vatican. We are the ones delaying it. Why? Because miracles are not manufactured; they are received as gifts from God through intercession. And for miracles to happen, the faithful must pray with faith. It is only when we pray through the intercession of Blessed Tansi that God may grant the miracle needed for his canonization.

Let us also keep in mind that the length of the causes of saints can vary. Some causes take centuries (Joan of Arc died in 1431 and canonized in 1920); others move quickly (some modern causes like those of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Saint Pope John Paul II were completed in decades). The length of time says nothing about the reality of holiness - only about the particular circumstances, evidence, and pastoral prudence of each cause.

Let us stop political speculation and do the simple, necessary work: cultivate devotion, pray through Blessed Tansi’s intercession, publish testimonies of help received, and send those testimonies to the local postulation so they can be investigated and approved for his canonization.

May Blessed Michael Iwene Tansi continue to intercede for us🙏🏿

Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch

[Fr. James A (Faith-Chat Platform) @frjamesa]

Happy birthday Mama Mary 🎂🎂🎉🎉

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Carlo Acutis has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church

[Trad West @trad_west_]

He played video games, loved coding and dressed like any other teenager.

But his heart burned with love for the Eucharist.
And today he was Canonized a Saint by Pope Leo XIV

This is the story of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Cyber Apostle – a 🧵✝️

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

Faith without reason is blind

Faith without love is cold and cruel

Faith, however, grounded in a love for truth is the key to flourishing

Joy, in other words, is having faith that the truth will set you free

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

The joyous life is not blind faith, nor pure rationality — it’s an impassioned heart and a curious mind

To love the truth with all your heart is to begin a true walk of faith

Only the truth can set you free, and if you follow Lewis’ example, you too may be “surprised by joy”

[Fr. Edmond Nyoka @ednyoka]

Remember to pray for priests. Some live alone, cook, eat alone. Other priests live in very remote, poor areas. There are priests who live in dangerous places, their lives always at risk. Some have no means of transport, they walk long distances. Some are in poor parishes.

[OBA OF P.H 👑 @obaofph01]

How many likes and retweets can she get guys

Woman of the match and Player of the tournament

Esther Okoronkwo
#WAFCON

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

If you're from a poor home and your parents can still keep you in school, do all you can to come out with a good result.

It is still your best shot!

[𐌕 🍂 @fwtimini]

Parents who weren’t wealthy but still managed to give you a good life as a child??? Take a moment to appreciate their sacrifice>>>>>>

[Chen🎶 @_ChenMichael]

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[Chen🎶 @_ChenMichael]

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