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I don’t pray to Mary.
I don’t pray to any saint.
And the Pope is not the head of the Church on earth.

I go straight to the Father because of Jesus!

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All Is Fair in Politics? — Cardinal Onaiyekan's Analysis
I have listened to Daniel Bwala. I have also listened to Babajide and a number of others make very uncomplimentary remarks about John Cardinal Onaiyekan.
To Bwala, the Cardinal merely spoke for Catholics. Babajide, on the other hand, portrayed the eminent Prince of the Church as partisan. His expectation was that the Cardinal should have suppressed his obvious disquiet over a system that is visibly decaying. He seemed to suggest that the Cardinal ought to have remained neutral—standing neither here nor there, balancing between good and evil, and treating corruption, falsehood, and electoral misconduct with kid gloves simply because he is a priest.

Perhaps I should excuse such a misunderstanding of the prophetic tradition. A careful reading of Scripture reveals that the prophets were never spectators in the face of injustice. Consider the courage of Elijah before King Ahab and Jezebel during their reign of oppression. Recall Nathan's fearless confrontation of King David after his grievous sin. Reflect also on John the Baptist, who openly condemned the immoral relationship between King Herod and Herodias. He neither spoke with his tongue in his cheek nor handled the matter delicately. He denounced evil boldly, without fear or favour, and ultimately paid for it with his life.

When the President declared that "all is fair in politics," many interpreted it as an expression of political realism. Yet, taken to its logical conclusion, it suggests something far more troubling—that the end justifies the means.

If indeed all is fair in politics, then ballot-box snatching becomes permissible. Vote-buying becomes acceptable. Manipulating electoral outcomes becomes excusable. Influencing institutions meant to be impartial becomes legitimate. In essence, every unethical act can be rationalised in the pursuit of political victory.
That is precisely why the pulpit must never become silent.
The purpose of the pulpit is to proclaim truth, condemn evil, rebuke reckless and dangerous rhetoric, educate the faithful, and uphold the timeless principles of ethics, morality, justice, and human dignity—the very values that politics, at its worst, often seeks to erode.
Cardinal Onaiyekan did not criticise the obvious shortcomings of this administration because he wanted to give any political opponent an advantage. Neither did he speak because President Tinubu is a Muslim. Had the President been a Christian and uttered the same words, the Cardinal's response would undoubtedly have been the same.
Besides, the Cardinal enjoys the same constitutional rights as every Nigerian citizen. He has the freedom to associate with anyone, to be photographed with anyone, and to vote for whomever he chooses. Those are fundamental rights guaranteed in a democracy. Exercising those rights neither diminishes his priesthood nor compromises his prophetic responsibility.
The real question therefore is this: How should any rational and objective person interpret a sitting President's declaration that "all is fair in politics"John Cardinal Onaiyekan simply discerned the implications of that statement and courageously exposed them. He stripped the phrase of its political polish and revealed the dangerous philosophy that could lie beneath https://t.co/PCSvA7SVkL John Cardinal Onaiyekan, you spoke in the finest tradition of the prophets—calmly, courageously, and without fear or favour.Let the criticisms continue. They are hardly surprising. A festering wound always cries out when touched. Truth has a way of disturbing those who are comfortable with convenient falsehoods.
The Cardinal's words struck their intended target. The reactions merely confirm that the message landed where it mattered most.The duty of the prophet is not to comfort the powerful in their errors, but to discomfort them with the truth. When the pulpit becomes silent in the face of moral decay, society loses one of its last remaining consciences." Uche o

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Psalms 20:7 - 8
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. (KJV)

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Psalms 20:1, 4
May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
4 May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. (NIV)

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20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (NKJV)

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Romans 16:19 - 20
For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil.

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Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (KJV)

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Isaiah 60:22
A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time."

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Jerermiah 32 : 26 - 27 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? (KJV)

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Romans 12:12
Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful. (NLT)

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Romans 12:2
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

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8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. (KJV)

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High Praises as a weapon of our deliverance:
Psalms 149: 6 - 9 (ref. 2 Chronicles 20: 21-22)
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

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1 Samuel 2 : 2, 4
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. (KJV)
4 The weapons of the strong are smashed to pieces, while the weak are infused with fresh strength. (MSB)

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Psalms 55 : 22
Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. (NKJV)

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5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." (NKJV)

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John 15 : 4 - 5
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

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Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (KJV)

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Isaiah 26:3 - 4
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!
4 Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock. (NLT)