RELIGION AND ART

ORDINARY TIME YEAR C  EASTER CANDLE.  TODAY MARKS THE END OF EASTER SEASON Monday the liturgical colour is green which brings us back to the Ordinary Time in the Catholic Liturgical Calendar. ORDINARY TIME YEAR C O sing a new song to the Lord, Sing to the Lord, all the earth. O sing to the Lord; bless his name. Proclaim his salvation day by day and his wonders among all the peoples. For the Lord is great and highly to be praised, to be feared above all gods. For the gods of the nations are naught. It was   the Lord who made the heavens. In his presence are majesty and splendor, Strength and honour in his holy place.                                                                  Psalm 96

PENTECOST SUNDAY On the day of Pentecost they had all gathered together in one place.                 MARY QUEEN OF APOSTLES PRAY FOR US Mighty and wonderful are your works,  Lord God Almighty. Righteous and true are your ways O king of the nations. Who would dare refuse you honour, Or the glory due to your name, O Lord! Since you alone are holy, All nations shall come and worship in your presence. Your mighty deeds are clearly seen.    Rev. 15:3-4 PRAYER God our Father, let the Spirit you sent on your Church to begin the teaching of the gospel continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever.   Prayer of the Church – Pauline As the Dewy Shades of Even To Win My Heart  

SeventhSunday of Easter You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.   Once you were no people but now you are God’s people, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.                                                                                                                         1Peter 2:9-10  The gospel must not be kept hidden because of fear or indifference.   It was never meant to be hidden away in private.   It has to be put on a stand so that people may see its light and give praise to our heavenly Father (Pope (Saint) John Paul II). My God Accept My Heart This Day  Hai l Thou Star of Ocean

The Golden Jubilee Project  Insurgence, Conflict, War, Terrorism These women are victims of insurgence and Boko Haram.   They were forced to flee their states, homes, comfort etc.   The Golden Jubilee Birthday Project of Rev. Sister Ann O. Falola of OLA congregation, Abuja, Nigeria is in an interface project for teenage girls, and vulnerable women, especially for the Internally Displaced Persons. The project offers friendship, counseling , mentoring, skill acquisition to empower women and young girls of which main focus are:   bead making, cookery, baking, sewing etc. The reason I took special interest in these women is their resilience and dedication despite the condition they found themselves due to insurgency in the North East, Benue, Jos, and Kaduna.   They are intelligent women endowed with capabilities, and talents.    Hatred, non-acceptance, misunderstanding, self-love, etc are the reasons for human suffering.     Displaced persons irrespective of co