Fr Ogundipe Sdv

  Edited version  By Lawrence Ogundipe SDV  My beloved child  If you look inside your  heart.  Never say I can't  You can if you want You don't have to be afraid  Of what you are.  There's an answer If you reach into your soul,  And the sorrow that You will melt away  And then hero comes along  With the strength to carry on,  And you cast your fear aside And you know You can survive So when you feel like  Hope is gone,  Look inside you and be strong,  And you'll finally see truth,  That hero lies in me

  A young man approached me and asked; why is it that the Catholics do not mention the chapters and verses when they read during Mass? He then continued; our Pastor told us that it is because Catholics do not want people to know the Bible and to know the truth that is why they don’t call the chapters and verses. Well, I turned to him and smiled. Then I said to him, if you know the answer, why then do you ask me? In reply he said he was not convinced by the answer the Pastor gave him. I then said to him; let me first correct you of one thing. Catholics do not read the Bible at Mass rather they proclaim the Bible at Mass. What does it mean to read?  To read is to look and comprehend the meaning of characters or symbols that are composed, while to proclaim is to announce. What the Catholics do is to announce the word of God from the scriptures. Every Catholic ought to have the Liturgical Calendar or the Missal that contains all the readings. Therefore, every average Catholic knows where t