Jude Eze, ISch

I'm a Roman Catholic Priest with the Schoenstatt Fathers. I'm an ardent Lover of Christ, Mary, and the Church. I'm Pro-Life, Justice, and Love for all humanity.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

My dear young friends, today, as registration opens for next year’s #WorldYouthDay, I warmly invite each of you to #Seoul. This is a call to set out on a pilgrimage of faith, friendship and hope. The Lord is waiting for you in this place of encounter and communion. He calls each of you by name, and He desires to reawaken your hope and to give you the fullness of life and joy. I look forward to seeing you in Seoul! https://t.co/2qJz11IWn7

[Jude Eze, ISch @FrJude_Eze]

Thank you for your kind words and a powerful Amen to your prayers. Please continue to keep me in your prayers 🙏. God bless you

[EFIZY @Efizy7]

@FrJude_Eze Good afternoon, Father. Thank you so much for coming to Our Lady Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Ajah. I really enjoyed your homily, and I was blessed by the message you shared with us. May God continue to strengthen you and bless your ministry abundantly. God bless you, Father.

[Courtney Mares @catholicourtney]

Fireworks at Pope Leo XIV’s stadium prayer vigil in Paris with 80,000 young Catholics

[Jude Eze, ISch @FrJude_Eze]

What you cannot carry alone, God’s grace will help you carry it!

[Jude Eze, ISch @FrJude_Eze]

@FrUgochukwu Nnayiii! Congratulations in advance

[Michael Haynes 🇻🇦 @MLJHaynes]

Pope Leo XIV addressed the Spanish Parliament this morning. Key elements ––

1. He decried abortion & euthanasia: “Can a community that casts into the shadows the unborn child, the elderly, the sick, those who suffer in silence, or those who depend entirely on the care of others be called fully just? The defense of human life is neither a partisan issue nor a confessional interest: it is a goal of civilization.”

2. Noted fundamental import of the family: “Where the family is upheld, the spiritual and social stability of nations is also strengthened.”

3. Urged peace as the only viable future for global continuity: “The world is undergoing a profound spiritual and cultural crisis, which manifests in multiple forms of violence, polarization and mutual distrust. In this context, peace emerges as a political aspiration and, even more so, as a true moral imperative.”

4. Urged freedom but not unrestrained freedom: “From this perspective, the legitimate autonomy of the temporal order must never see itself as hostile to religion. Faith does not seek to impose itself through privileges or coercion; yet neither can it be silenced as if it were irrelevant to public life.”

5. Called for proper response to “tragic drama of migration” including offering “safe and legal pathways” for migration along with protecting “the right to remain in one’s own land, working to ensure that no one has to leave their home due to a lack of peace, security or decent living conditions.”

6. Defended the legal status of the Seal of Confession: “where the believer can open his or her soul to God without fear of external pressures.”

7. Noted Christian roots of modern society: “modern freedom has also been shaped by a long education of conscience, deeply marked by the Christian tradition. In that inner school, people learned that law must serve the good, that justice sets limits on force, that power requires legitimacy, that the poor belong fully to the community, that the foreigner must be welcomed in accordance with his dignity, and that human life can never be treated as a commodity.”
@PelicanBriefHQ @PelicanCatholic

[sch org @schoenstattorg]

Una nuova missionaria a Goya pronta a camminare con la Madre Pellegrina https://t.co/MUXNL6Zvnu #Schoenstatt #schoenstattorg #SchoenstattItalia

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The Sacrament of Reconciliation restores our unity with God through the forgiveness of sins and the infusion of sanctifying grace. This generates the inner unity of the person and unity with the Church. It fosters peace and unity within the human family. One might ask: do those Christians who bear serious responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility and courage to make a serious examination of conscience and to go to confession?

[Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch @FrUgochukwu]

If Jesus is risen and no longer on the Cross, why do Catholics still have Jesus on the Cross (the crucifix)?

An interesting question from a follower here.

First, the crucifix is cross with the body of Christ. The crucifix is not a denial of the Resurrection. Rather, it is a reminder of the sacrifice through which our salvation was won. As St. Paul says, “We preach Christ crucified” (1 Corinthians 1:23). Christianity is rooted in the saving love of Christ manifested on the Cross. By showing Christ crucified, the Church reminds us that our redemption came at the price of His suffering and self-giving love.

Second, the cross without Christ is simply a piece of wood. It is the sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross that gives the Cross its essence and power. The crucifix therefore keeps before our eyes the price of our redemption.

Third, the crucifix also emphasizes that the Eucharist is the same sacrifice of Calvary made present sacramentally. It is on this ground that a crucifix is required on or near the altar during Mass. It visually connects the celebration of the Mass with Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross.

So, Catholics do not keep Christ on the Cross because He is still there; He is truly risen. We display the crucifix because the Cross is where our salvation was won. The empty tomb proclaims that Christ is risen; the crucifix reminds us how much He loved us.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

This morning, Pope Leo met with bishops from Nigeria in the Apostolic Palace during their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit.

[Father Jim Sichko @JimSichko]

POPE LEO: “No matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.” #missionaryofmercy

[Jude Eze, ISch @FrJude_Eze]

Have a Blessed Christmas 🎄

[Jude Eze, ISch @FrJude_Eze]

Dear friends, it's my Birthday, please join me in thanking God for His faithfulness and kindly remember me in your prayers, that I may continue to serve Him with a joyful and grateful heart.

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” — Psalm 103:2

[Jude Eze, ISch @FrJude_Eze]

St. Jude Thaddeus, Pray for us. Amen

[EWTN Vatican @EWTNVatican]

Pope Leo XIV has canonized seven new saints!
The diverse group includes an Italian lawyer who left Satanism to become an “apostle of the Rosary,” a martyred Armenian archbishop, and a Venezuelan known as the “doctor of the poor.”
Among them are Papua New Guinea’s first saint and the first two saints from Venezuela — witnesses of faith from every corner of the world:
Saint Ignatius Maloyan
Saint Peter To Rot
Saint Vincenza Maria Poloni
Saint María Carmen Rendiles Martínez
Saint Maria Troncatti
Saint José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros
Saint Bartolo Longo

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: for the immense love with which God has transformed the means to death into an instrument of life, embracing it for our salvation, teaching us that nothing can separate us from him and that his love is greater than our own sin.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

An image of Mary and Jesus formed by drones above St. Peter’s Basilica.

Video: Vatican Media

[Cedars and Saints🇻🇦 @CedarsAndSaints]

Wow 😱
This man explains why he converted from being a Protestant to Catholic.

👇🏼

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

The Loretto Chapel staircase in Santa Fe, NM, has no central support, no nails, and no known builder.

Engineers still marvel at it. Believers call it a miracle.

In an age of cheap shortcuts it calls us back to beauty and mystery.