“And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Friday 31st January 2025 – MARK 4:26-34.
So, Nik Wallenda walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope on June 15, 2012. He was the first person to walk across the falls on a tightrope since the late 1800s.
When Mr. Wallenda conceived the idea of carrying out such a feat, he had faith in himself. And goaded by that such faith he made the move.
On that fateful day of 15th June 2012, seeing the water cascading down from the height of 167 feet (51 metres), he would have been scared and given up such deathly plans.
Nevertheless, his faith made him, gear up, grab his pole and took the first step, then the second, the third and the rest was the making of history.
As described in today’s teaching, we plant by faith and as from that time until when we put in the sickle at harvest, we really do not know what happens. As hence, we have no further contribution safe for weeding and for those so privileged, fertilising also.
Faith is likened to a mustard seed, known to be more tiny than the seed of millet. However, like the mustard grows into the biggest shrub, so does a nurtured faith gets us to accomplish feats.
Like Nik Wallenda, the idea of a tight rope walk across the Niagara Falls may have occurred to him just as an inkling. He put action to it and hence the making of history.
Faith is like planting. We put in something small, then watch it grow and blossom into plantation.
Dear friend, we only need to keep the faith alive without doubts even amidst afflictions which will certainly come.
Afflictions are just like heavy rainstorms on our plantation. They come and go, but just like the outcome of the rainstorm waters the plants and gets them stronger, so does affliction. They come to get us stronger once we hold on tightly to our faith, hope and trust in God.
Folks, have a fantastic day and a pleasant weekend.
#SAINT_JOHN_BOSCO! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
31st January 2025.
And Still More will be Given You.
“If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.” And he said to them, “Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Thursday 30th January 2025 – MARK 4:21-25.
So, in the “The Lord’s Prayer”, that is the popular “Our Father” Prayer, there’s a part that says, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Further on, it says, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”
Although, one may have never been to heaven, nevertheless, perceiving it from the nature of God, we may make board to say that, there are no viles, wiles and villains there, because God is perfect and everything around Him too, is perfect.
Therefore, we should judge by ourselves what we feel that the “will of God’ as it done in heaven will be.
If today we have already done something we know it cannot be tolerated in heaven, so, it will never happen there, it means the “Our Father” that we prayed this morning is a waste. It will be at best just a mouth exercise that we did.
Hence, by now, we should already know, as well, since we said it with our own mouth, if we still hold grudges against someone for any misdemeanour done us, that we too, would not be forgiven any of our many trespasses that we may have committed just since the start of today.
And, as stated in today’s teaching, “The measure we give, will be the measure that we will receive and more will be added.”
Therefore, if while coming out today, we took away an obstacle blocking free passage from the road, then, many obstacles will be cleared off our paths today and henceforth.
Alternatively, if we put obstacles on people’s paths, then, we already are aware of the consequences.
Dear friend, we must ensure that the actions of our everyday life do not render our prayer to be an exercise in futility.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
30th January 2025.
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Thursday 30th January 2025 – MARK 4:21-25.
So, in the “The Lord’s Prayer”, that is the popular “Our Father” Prayer, there’s a part that says, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Further on, it says, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”
Although, one may have never been to heaven, nevertheless, perceiving it from the nature of God, we may make board to say that, there are no viles, wiles and villains there, because God is perfect and everything around Him too, is perfect.
Therefore, we should judge by ourselves what we feel that the “will of God’ as it done in heaven will be.
If today we have already done something we know it cannot be tolerated in heaven, so, it will never happen there, it means the “Our Father” that we prayed this morning is a waste. It will be at best just a mouth exercise that we did.
Hence, by now, we should already know, as well, since we said it with our own mouth, if we still hold grudges against someone for any misdemeanour done us, that we too, would not be forgiven any of our many trespasses that we may have committed just since the start of today.
And, as stated in today’s teaching, “The measure we give, will be the measure that we will receive and more will be added.”
Therefore, if while coming out today, we took away an obstacle blocking free passage from the road, then, many obstacles will be cleared off our paths today and henceforth.
Alternatively, if we put obstacles on people’s paths, then, we already are aware of the consequences.
Dear friend, we must ensure that the actions of our everyday life do not render our prayer to be an exercise in futility.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
30th January 2025.
What’s Between Our Arrival & Departure
“And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Wednesday 29th January 2025 – MARK 4:1-20.
So, my dear friend, when we were born into this world, we came in naked. Those of us who were privileged enough to be wrapped in clothing on arrival, the clothes must have been from some clothing items acquired not by us.
Similarly, when we eventually depart this world, ordinarily, we should be buried naked safe for the magnanimity of others who would get a piece of white clothing to wrap up our remains.
So, we arrived naked and we supposedly also departs naked.
Now, if we are fortunate enough to live in this world for up to 100 years, but we are aware that on departure we will return naked and empty-handed as we came, why then, between our arrival and departure the unnecessary fretting and agonising and worrying about the things of the world the we met here and will certainly still leave them here?
Money is good. Having plenty of money is better. And, having excess money is probably even the best.
However, between one who barely has a thousand Naira to his name and he who has excess money, none hardly goes to bed without first having at least a meal for that day.
Food is the same (food is food), richly made or otherwise, they are all for sustenance. It is what may be inside that could be the difference.
A billionaire that has excess of money could daily be sipping a 40 years old wine that costs about N5 million a bottle, whereas that pauper with barely N1,000 to his name equally enjoys a calabash of ‘burukutu’ (local millet brew) everyday with his friends.
At the end of their binge drinking or drinking spree, both the billionaire and the pauper would be high from alcoholic substance in their blood stream.
The billionaire may be chauffeured home in an air conditioned car amidst a cool soothing jazz music oozing from the car stereo, whereas, the pauper together with his friends would stumble home enjoying the free natural breeze and possibly with cheers and snickering from children and other passers-by.
The billionaire wound most probably fall asleep on a king-size soft bed with feathery pillows. The pauper may fall asleep on his bed made probably from palm tree stems or on a mat. But you know what, when they eventually wake from their sleep the next day, they all would have enjoyed a sound sleep.
Designer clothes and the usual off-the-shelf clothes are all clothing items that cover up our nakedness. Nevertheless, if designer clothes make you happy and you can afford them and you have the money, by all means, get them.
However, there’s really no need getting all worked up about the things of the world, making them become our gods so much so that we get carried away from our primary concern in this world of doing the will of God.
My dear friend, what we will supposedly take away from this world at our time of departure is Who/what we made our God and how we related with our fellow humans.
Dear friend, may we never allow ourselves to be sown among thorns.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
29th January 2025.
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Wednesday 29th January 2025 – MARK 4:1-20.
So, my dear friend, when we were born into this world, we came in naked. Those of us who were privileged enough to be wrapped in clothing on arrival, the clothes must have been from some clothing items acquired not by us.
Similarly, when we eventually depart this world, ordinarily, we should be buried naked safe for the magnanimity of others who would get a piece of white clothing to wrap up our remains.
So, we arrived naked and we supposedly also departs naked.
Now, if we are fortunate enough to live in this world for up to 100 years, but we are aware that on departure we will return naked and empty-handed as we came, why then, between our arrival and departure the unnecessary fretting and agonising and worrying about the things of the world the we met here and will certainly still leave them here?
Money is good. Having plenty of money is better. And, having excess money is probably even the best.
However, between one who barely has a thousand Naira to his name and he who has excess money, none hardly goes to bed without first having at least a meal for that day.
Food is the same (food is food), richly made or otherwise, they are all for sustenance. It is what may be inside that could be the difference.
A billionaire that has excess of money could daily be sipping a 40 years old wine that costs about N5 million a bottle, whereas that pauper with barely N1,000 to his name equally enjoys a calabash of ‘burukutu’ (local millet brew) everyday with his friends.
At the end of their binge drinking or drinking spree, both the billionaire and the pauper would be high from alcoholic substance in their blood stream.
The billionaire may be chauffeured home in an air conditioned car amidst a cool soothing jazz music oozing from the car stereo, whereas, the pauper together with his friends would stumble home enjoying the free natural breeze and possibly with cheers and snickering from children and other passers-by.
The billionaire wound most probably fall asleep on a king-size soft bed with feathery pillows. The pauper may fall asleep on his bed made probably from palm tree stems or on a mat. But you know what, when they eventually wake from their sleep the next day, they all would have enjoyed a sound sleep.
Designer clothes and the usual off-the-shelf clothes are all clothing items that cover up our nakedness. Nevertheless, if designer clothes make you happy and you can afford them and you have the money, by all means, get them.
However, there’s really no need getting all worked up about the things of the world, making them become our gods so much so that we get carried away from our primary concern in this world of doing the will of God.
My dear friend, what we will supposedly take away from this world at our time of departure is Who/what we made our God and how we related with our fellow humans.
Dear friend, may we never allow ourselves to be sown among thorns.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
29th January 2025.
Christ’s Siblings
“Who are my mother and my brethren?” And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brethren! Who- ever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Tuesday 28th January mother 2025 – MARK 3:31-35.
So, Christ said it very clearly without mincing words that those who do the will of God are his brothers, sisters and mother.
A very perfect example of one who accepted the will of God is the Blessed Virgin Mary when in response to the message from God delivered to her by the Archangel Gabriel she said, “Be it done on to me a cording to Thy will.”
Now, ordinarily from human perception, the lives of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and his mother the Blessed Virgin Mary who accepted to do the will of God seem not that smooth and sweet.
Well, afterwards, what did the Holy Bible said about them? Christ was elevated and given a name that is above every other. That at the mention of his name every knee should bow and every tongue confess both in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth, that Jesus Christ is Lord. To say the least about the Blessed Virgin Mary who is the Theotokos and the queen of heaven and earth.
Dear friend, God has no favourite, but once we do His will, we automatically become the ‘Apple of God’s Eye.’
Even if nothing were attached to that statement, between doing the will of God and being identified as a sibling of Christ Jesus and not doing it then to be identified as an agent of Satan, which is preferable?
Have a fantastic day folks.
#SAINT_THOMAS_AQUINAS! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
28th January 2025.
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Tuesday 28th January mother 2025 – MARK 3:31-35.
So, Christ said it very clearly without mincing words that those who do the will of God are his brothers, sisters and mother.
A very perfect example of one who accepted the will of God is the Blessed Virgin Mary when in response to the message from God delivered to her by the Archangel Gabriel she said, “Be it done on to me a cording to Thy will.”
Now, ordinarily from human perception, the lives of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and his mother the Blessed Virgin Mary who accepted to do the will of God seem not that smooth and sweet.
Well, afterwards, what did the Holy Bible said about them? Christ was elevated and given a name that is above every other. That at the mention of his name every knee should bow and every tongue confess both in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth, that Jesus Christ is Lord. To say the least about the Blessed Virgin Mary who is the Theotokos and the queen of heaven and earth.
Dear friend, God has no favourite, but once we do His will, we automatically become the ‘Apple of God’s Eye.’
Even if nothing were attached to that statement, between doing the will of God and being identified as a sibling of Christ Jesus and not doing it then to be identified as an agent of Satan, which is preferable?
Have a fantastic day folks.
#SAINT_THOMAS_AQUINAS! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
28th January 2025.
Christian Atheists?
“The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said of Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” And he called them to him, and said to them . . . . . . . . . . . .
“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Monday 27th January 2025 – MARK 3:22-30.
So, today’s teaching declares sin against the Holy Spirit as being very fatal.
One common sin against the Holy Spirit is denial of the existence of God.
Now, minds shouldn’t quickly drift to atheist and supposed ‘free thinkers’ as only those who supposedly think otherwise about the existence of the Almighty God.
My dear friend, it will amaze you that even you and I who bear the names of saints as well as pious names in our ethnic languages also display tendencies of atheism.
Whenever we sin and come to a final conclusion that our sin(s) is/are so gruesome that God will not forgive us, we have allowed our emotions to cast doubts and aspersions on the Almighty God by denying the extent of His love and healing power.
That☝️, my dear friend typifies an example of sin against the Holy Spirit.
A classical example of such sin ☝️ mentioned above is the sin of Judas Iscariot – one of the Apostles of Christ Jesus that betrayed him.
Judas was remorseful of his actions. That was a very beautiful thing and the beginning of his would-have-been-but-never-was salvation.
However, despite his remorse, Judas was overwhelmed by his emotions, thinking that his sin is too grievous to be forgiven.
My dear friend, the only person that can no longer access forgiveness is the devil. Hence, he puts doubts into our mind whenever we make attempts to be remorseful of our actions. He’s working hard to take the children of God as many as possible to the kingdom where he’s doomed for damnation.
Have we ever want to pray or read the Holy Bible or even go church and we hear a tiny voice, supposedly like our conscience saying to us, “Taaah! Na wetin you think sey you wan do? Na devil like you nahim wan praise God? Abi you don forget wetin you jus finish dey do nan-nan like dis? Abobi, abeg make you just no mock God oo!
My dear friend, irrespective of how much sinful we may be or that we think we are, once we get the ministration to pray, no matter how weak and tiny the impulse of the ministration may be, but when the devil comes whispering that nonsense to us, all we need to do is to declare, “Get thee behind me Satan.”
E go work! The devil will run away! The plight of Judas Iscariot shall never be our lot no matter our sins.
Folks, have a fantastic day and a fulfilled week.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
27th January 2025.
“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Monday 27th January 2025 – MARK 3:22-30.
So, today’s teaching declares sin against the Holy Spirit as being very fatal.
One common sin against the Holy Spirit is denial of the existence of God.
Now, minds shouldn’t quickly drift to atheist and supposed ‘free thinkers’ as only those who supposedly think otherwise about the existence of the Almighty God.
My dear friend, it will amaze you that even you and I who bear the names of saints as well as pious names in our ethnic languages also display tendencies of atheism.
Whenever we sin and come to a final conclusion that our sin(s) is/are so gruesome that God will not forgive us, we have allowed our emotions to cast doubts and aspersions on the Almighty God by denying the extent of His love and healing power.
That☝️, my dear friend typifies an example of sin against the Holy Spirit.
A classical example of such sin ☝️ mentioned above is the sin of Judas Iscariot – one of the Apostles of Christ Jesus that betrayed him.
Judas was remorseful of his actions. That was a very beautiful thing and the beginning of his would-have-been-but-never-was salvation.
However, despite his remorse, Judas was overwhelmed by his emotions, thinking that his sin is too grievous to be forgiven.
My dear friend, the only person that can no longer access forgiveness is the devil. Hence, he puts doubts into our mind whenever we make attempts to be remorseful of our actions. He’s working hard to take the children of God as many as possible to the kingdom where he’s doomed for damnation.
Have we ever want to pray or read the Holy Bible or even go church and we hear a tiny voice, supposedly like our conscience saying to us, “Taaah! Na wetin you think sey you wan do? Na devil like you nahim wan praise God? Abi you don forget wetin you jus finish dey do nan-nan like dis? Abobi, abeg make you just no mock God oo!
My dear friend, irrespective of how much sinful we may be or that we think we are, once we get the ministration to pray, no matter how weak and tiny the impulse of the ministration may be, but when the devil comes whispering that nonsense to us, all we need to do is to declare, “Get thee behind me Satan.”
E go work! The devil will run away! The plight of Judas Iscariot shall never be our lot no matter our sins.
Folks, have a fantastic day and a fulfilled week.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
27th January 2025.
The New Covenant
“Christ has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second. . . . . . . . . . . .”
Excerpt, First Reading, Friday 24th January 2025 – HEBREWS 8:6-13.
So, it is not that God does anything that has fault or that would later become faulty.
God is perfectly perfect. He is all powerful, all knowing and all present. He is also very tolerable.
It is as a result of such tolerance that he gave man the freewill to do as it most pleases him.
Hence, in our freedom and liberty, we violated and desecrated the covenant of peace and sustenance that He made with us.
Our faulty ways necessitated the new covenant mediated by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
This covenant wasn’t made on stone tablets and had to be read and passed on across generations like the old.
The new covenant is inspired into the hearts and minds of each of us. This new law brings the consciousness of God right within us.
A typical example of that consciousness is our conscience.
Therefore, those of us who harden our heart against any prickly conscience, we violate and desecrate the new covenant.
However, while desecration of the covenant by one affects all in the old law, in the new, it is each man for himself.
So, my dear friend, every man’s sins stand against them, just as their good bears witness for them. However, just as charity cancels our sins, our sins also cancel any previous good.
Folks, have a fantastic day and a pleasant weekend.
#FRANCIS_DE_SALES! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
24th January 2025.
Excerpt, First Reading, Friday 24th January 2025 – HEBREWS 8:6-13.
So, it is not that God does anything that has fault or that would later become faulty.
God is perfectly perfect. He is all powerful, all knowing and all present. He is also very tolerable.
It is as a result of such tolerance that he gave man the freewill to do as it most pleases him.
Hence, in our freedom and liberty, we violated and desecrated the covenant of peace and sustenance that He made with us.
Our faulty ways necessitated the new covenant mediated by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
This covenant wasn’t made on stone tablets and had to be read and passed on across generations like the old.
The new covenant is inspired into the hearts and minds of each of us. This new law brings the consciousness of God right within us.
A typical example of that consciousness is our conscience.
Therefore, those of us who harden our heart against any prickly conscience, we violate and desecrate the new covenant.
However, while desecration of the covenant by one affects all in the old law, in the new, it is each man for himself.
So, my dear friend, every man’s sins stand against them, just as their good bears witness for them. However, just as charity cancels our sins, our sins also cancel any previous good.
Folks, have a fantastic day and a pleasant weekend.
#FRANCIS_DE_SALES! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
24th January 2025.
To Be Fore Warned
“Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude, hearing all that he did, came to him. . . . . . . . . . . . And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Thursday 23rd January 2025 – MARK 3:7-12.
So, my dear friend, in today’s teaching, people from different locations who have infirmities came to Christ Jesus to be healed. Among them also were those possessed by evil spirits.
Anyone possessed by evil spirits is usually not in control of themselves. Though, we may be seeing them physically, but their actions are engineered by those vile spirits within. It is like installing an i-operating software on a HP laptop.
Their aim of thronging with the crowd about Christ wasn’t genuine. They came on a mission to see and test the power of Jesus Christ.
Alas! They were overcome by a more superior power. Therefore, their victim whom they have seized his body was thrown to the ground. And while fleeing they were equally shouting, “We know who you are! You are the Son of God.”
So, my dear friend, we must be weary, where ever there is a crowd, not all who are there are flocking around for the purpose of that gathering. Some are simply on a mission like those evil spirits.
Dear friend, it mustn’t be lost on us that, even in the church, there are still those on a mission, no matter how long they have been members. They are usually among the front benches, those who are also among the most active in church activities.
Also, my dear friend, we must be on our guard, as when people throng around us, while we beam with all smiles with the satisfaction of a ‘man of the people’ disposition, we must yet be weary that some could just be on a mission as it was with Christ. If it happened to Jesus Christ, it will most definitely happen to us too.
My dear friend, to be fore warned is to be fore armed.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
23rd January 2025.
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Thursday 23rd January 2025 – MARK 3:7-12.
So, my dear friend, in today’s teaching, people from different locations who have infirmities came to Christ Jesus to be healed. Among them also were those possessed by evil spirits.
Anyone possessed by evil spirits is usually not in control of themselves. Though, we may be seeing them physically, but their actions are engineered by those vile spirits within. It is like installing an i-operating software on a HP laptop.
Their aim of thronging with the crowd about Christ wasn’t genuine. They came on a mission to see and test the power of Jesus Christ.
Alas! They were overcome by a more superior power. Therefore, their victim whom they have seized his body was thrown to the ground. And while fleeing they were equally shouting, “We know who you are! You are the Son of God.”
So, my dear friend, we must be weary, where ever there is a crowd, not all who are there are flocking around for the purpose of that gathering. Some are simply on a mission like those evil spirits.
Dear friend, it mustn’t be lost on us that, even in the church, there are still those on a mission, no matter how long they have been members. They are usually among the front benches, those who are also among the most active in church activities.
Also, my dear friend, we must be on our guard, as when people throng around us, while we beam with all smiles with the satisfaction of a ‘man of the people’ disposition, we must yet be weary that some could just be on a mission as it was with Christ. If it happened to Jesus Christ, it will most definitely happen to us too.
My dear friend, to be fore warned is to be fore armed.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
23rd January 2025.
Do that Good, No Matter the Odds
“Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Wednesday 22nd January 2025 – MARK 3:1-6.
So, my dear friend, one who’s disliked and haunted by detractors need not have to do anything wrong for they to be hunted down and victimised.
A woman tired of her marriage would claim that her husband is too loving and she’s not deserving of such a good man. Therefore, on that premise, she wants a divorce from that marriage.
Equally, a man wanting to distract himself will say his wife is too beautiful and he’s already tired of warding off other men who constantly make passes at her. Hence, he will have to divorce her.
Similar situation is what our Lord Jesus Christ found himself in today’s teaching. Folks laid in wait for him to do good and they would pounce on him.
Dear friend, notwithstanding the odds ganging up against us, like Christ Jesus, we mustn’t be distracted from doing the good that we are prompted to and we need to do.
There were possibly many other people with one form of infirmity or the other visible or invincible in the synagogue that fateful day. Nevertheless, Christ chose to the man with a visibly withered arm.
My dear friend, when we know that our spirit moved us towards doing a particular good, irrespective of the odds against us, we mustn’t suppress such force. God will be with us.
Remember, a little matters a lot. The good we intend may not necessarily be as grand as a miracle of restoring a withered arm. It could be something as little as the prompt to give someone a thousand Naira for a meal.
Dear friend, even a little matters a lot.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
22nd January 2025.
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Wednesday 22nd January 2025 – MARK 3:1-6.
So, my dear friend, one who’s disliked and haunted by detractors need not have to do anything wrong for they to be hunted down and victimised.
A woman tired of her marriage would claim that her husband is too loving and she’s not deserving of such a good man. Therefore, on that premise, she wants a divorce from that marriage.
Equally, a man wanting to distract himself will say his wife is too beautiful and he’s already tired of warding off other men who constantly make passes at her. Hence, he will have to divorce her.
Similar situation is what our Lord Jesus Christ found himself in today’s teaching. Folks laid in wait for him to do good and they would pounce on him.
Dear friend, notwithstanding the odds ganging up against us, like Christ Jesus, we mustn’t be distracted from doing the good that we are prompted to and we need to do.
There were possibly many other people with one form of infirmity or the other visible or invincible in the synagogue that fateful day. Nevertheless, Christ chose to the man with a visibly withered arm.
My dear friend, when we know that our spirit moved us towards doing a particular good, irrespective of the odds against us, we mustn’t suppress such force. God will be with us.
Remember, a little matters a lot. The good we intend may not necessarily be as grand as a miracle of restoring a withered arm. It could be something as little as the prompt to give someone a thousand Naira for a meal.
Dear friend, even a little matters a lot.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
22nd January 2025.
Doing Good for Goodness Sake
“God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realising the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
Excerpt, First Reading, Tuesday 21st January 2025 – HEBREWS 6:10-20.
So, today’s teaching is an emphasis that every good we do for the sake and purpose of goodness is never overlooked and wouldn’t go unrewarded by God.
It must however not be lost on us that, feigning to be good or doing good for self aggrandisement is not included above. We have already got paid by the show we put up while supposedly doing that ‘good’ action.
For example, when we carry cameras along with us when we are going to give.
When we are aware that our neighbour is starving but we would rather load our baskets with various food items and take them to the orphanage home. Such good, He doesn’t recognise.
When we stop voluntarily to offer help to a motorist that broke down by the roadside, is the type of good today is all about.
When going to church or work, and we stop and give lift to a neighbour going our way is what today’s type of good is.
Dear friend, we lift the heart of God whenever we do such good just for the betterment of mankind.
Remember, what the scriptures say, “Charity covers a multitude of sins.” – 1 PETER 4:8.
May our collective efforts in the little good we do here and there add up to make the world a more better place.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#SAINT_AGNES_OF_ROME! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
21st January 2025
Excerpt, First Reading, Tuesday 21st January 2025 – HEBREWS 6:10-20.
So, today’s teaching is an emphasis that every good we do for the sake and purpose of goodness is never overlooked and wouldn’t go unrewarded by God.
It must however not be lost on us that, feigning to be good or doing good for self aggrandisement is not included above. We have already got paid by the show we put up while supposedly doing that ‘good’ action.
For example, when we carry cameras along with us when we are going to give.
When we are aware that our neighbour is starving but we would rather load our baskets with various food items and take them to the orphanage home. Such good, He doesn’t recognise.
When we stop voluntarily to offer help to a motorist that broke down by the roadside, is the type of good today is all about.
When going to church or work, and we stop and give lift to a neighbour going our way is what today’s type of good is.
Dear friend, we lift the heart of God whenever we do such good just for the betterment of mankind.
Remember, what the scriptures say, “Charity covers a multitude of sins.” – 1 PETER 4:8.
May our collective efforts in the little good we do here and there add up to make the world a more better place.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#SAINT_AGNES_OF_ROME! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
21st January 2025
You Before Me
“Brethren: Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Excerpt, First Reading, Monday 20th January 2025 – PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11
So, if the world were truly as advised in today’s teaching – “You before me” from the Letter of St Paul to the Philippians, the would have been a much better place than we met it.
But unfortunately, even among the very, very, very poor, there still exist some form of ‘classism’.
That’s why, my dear friend, there would exist a certain miniature power generating set ‘generator’ that would be nick-named, “I beta pass my nebor.”
Today’s teaching is a furtherance of the ‘Golden Rule’ – “Do onto others as you want it done onto you.” – MATTHEW 7:12.
Once we have the Golden Rule at heart, then, a man married to his wife will dare not cheat on her. Likewise, the wife will not cheat on her husband.
Internet trolls will think twice before blatantly hurling insults on people they have never met and probably will never meet.
You and I we will have a rethink before venturing to hurt our neighbour, for it will also be really hurting if the reverse were the case.
As the Priest said as Mass today, the principle of “You before me” is madness to the world, but, to God, it is selfless.
Have a fantastic day and fulfilled weeks folks.
#BLESSED_CYPRIAN_IWENE_MIICHAEL_TANSI! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
20th January 2025.