I’M WORRIED ABOUT HER VIRGINITY!
“I don’t want my daughter to lose her virginity Father,” the middle aged man said with so much emotion.“How old is she?” I asked.“She’s only fifteen.” The man replied. “She’s so stubborn. She…
A PUSH FROM BEHIND: SAVE A TALENT!
”Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows” (James 1:17). A talent is a natural gift; something that one is born with. It is a unique and natural skill and…
SHIFT LET ME RANT!
I’m not a saint. Far from it. Journeying through life, I’ve been rubbed the right and wrong ways. Each of these ‘rubs’ left quite a few ‘marks’. Maybe that’s why I see things with a bit of a ‘slant’.…
WHEN A CATHOLIC PRIEST RECOVERS FROM COVID-19
Months ago (this was the second week of February), I had just returned from Lagos, when news began to spread that the dreaded coronavirus was gaining momentum in Nigeria. I panicked. Was it possible I had come in contact with someone at the airport who…
A TEENAGE SAINT FOR TODAY’S YOUTH
Being young isn’t a curse, even though it seems that way sometimes. Teenage struggles are endless. For many, youth is a time of great confusion. I know. I was a teenager not long ago. So imagine how inspiring it is to hear that a teenager is on the…
WHEN WE HIT BOTTOM!
Several years ago (I was quite little at the time), I read a novel entitled “The Horse Whisperer”. It was about a little girl who had a horse. Apart from her mom, there was no other living creature she loved more. Her horse loved her just as…
“I CAN’T BREATHE”: JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
“Then the Lord God formed man, of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). The scriptural text above shows that after creating man, he was nothing but created dust.…
“THERE IS NO SUB-HUMAN HERE”: ‘SQUANTO’
I cannot remember the exact age I was when I saw Squanto. If I were to guess, I think eleven or twelve. I remember seeing it on a local Television channel. We did not have Cable TV back then. I don’t remember the name of most of the characters but I…