Fr Ogundipe Sdv

INTRODUCTION It is pertinent to teach our historical development as members of the Holy Roman Catholic church especially in this period of influx of pentecostalism such that what was transmitted to us will not be marred.  Hence I have decided to share with you the past so that we can appreciate the present to pray for the future.  THE HISTORY The persecution of over two centuries was over,starting from the account of the "Acts of the Apostles" and the torture chambers of Rome and Antioch were closed down. The very grounds that witnessed the courage of bloody martyrs in their thousands turned to places of worship. Men,like Nero,Diocletian, Trajan and Caligula,who were once feared and worshiped were all dead and gone forever. Christianity became the official religion of the Romans in 313 A.D. by the edict of Milan. Emperor Constantine who promulgated the edict was not yet a Christian when this was done. The Romans abandoned idol worship. Constantine was still a catechumen...

On February 14, 1938, Fr. Justin wrote in his “Book of the Soul” saying, “It is as if the Blessed Trinity dictated to me in a particular way that the Blessed Virgin Mother is my immediate spiritual directress. Opere, Vol.11, p. 115. Fr. Justin convinces us to examine our obligation to reserve a part of our day for an intimacy with Jesus and deepen our devotion to Mary, mediatrix of all graces, queen of all saints and mother of divine love, patroness of our congregation, this three-fold title we use to address Mary at the beginning and at the end of our prayers. She is the channel through which all graces flow. All graces come to us from the heart of Mary and through the hands of Mary. Fr. Justin was strongly convinced that it is very important to find and to keep ourselves, as much as possible, close to her hands and in her immaculate heart. Fr. Justin knew how to appreciate, promulgate and practice all the liturgical, ordinary and extra-ordinary Marian devotions such as recitati...

How necessary is confirmation for salvation? Acts of the Apostles 8:5-8,14-17 They sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. After having been baptized by St. Philip (the deacon, not the apostle), the Christians of Samaria still had need of the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit which is given through the sacrament of confirmation. To this end, it was fitting that the apostles in Jerusalem sent Sts. Peter and John (apostles) to bestow the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands. In this event, we see both that confirmation is a sacrament distinct from baptism and that it is most necessary in the life of the Church and of the individual believer. It will be fitting for us to reflect upon this sacrament, since this liturgical season is the time most commonly set aside for the administration of confirmation in dioceses th...

BISHOP PETER ODETOYINBO'S HOMILY OF CHRISM MASS 2019 AT SS PETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL, ITESI, ABEOKUTA, 18TH APRIL, 2019 John 15:16: You did not choose me, I chose you; and I commissioned you to go bear fruit, fruit that will last”. This can only be achieved if received, accepted and done in gratitude and thanksgiving by Priests. Therefore Priests be grateful . The Priestly life lived like that of Christ must be lived in humility, simplicity, obedience, poverty, charity, total dedication to ministry, self sacrifice, pastoral care of the people of God and accountability all in gratitude and thanksgiving to God. The Priesthood is a gift, hence all ordained ministers are considered precious and they in turn consider themselves unworthy in the sight of God and men, for no one takes this honour upon himself. “To shame what is strong, God has chosen what the world counts weakness. He has chosen things low and contemptible, mere nothing, to overthrow the existing order. And so there...

SOCIETY OF DIVINE VOCATIONS, FR JUSTIN VOCATIONARY INU-IDO IBADAN NAME:                          OGUNDIPE OLUMIDE LAWRENCE SDV. DATE OF BIRTH:          12TH AUGUST 1978 PLACE OF BIRTH:          IJEBU REMO L.G.A. DATE OF BAPTISM:    31 DECEMBER 1985. STATE OF ORIGIN:          OGUN STATE.    FATHER’S NAME:        PRINCE JAMES ALABI OGUNDIPE MOTHER’S NAME:      MRS JULIHANA ALAKE OGUNDIPE. (Late) NO.OF SIBLINGS:        THREE, A GIRL AND TWO BOYS POSITION:                   2ND POSITION. NAME OF PARISH:         HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH IMOMO. DIOCESE                  IJEBU-ODE DIOCESE NAMES OF SCHOOL ATTENDED PRIMARY SCHOOL:    ...

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The crime-rate had turned upward again. Our schools were total failures and would not, could not get any better. There is a drug and alcohol epidemic in high schools. Divorce rates were increasing. Abortions were at an all time high. A wave of bad news was sweeping the earth and there is nothing anyone could do about it. In Nigeria, everyone is angry, each time I drive on the streets I see nothing but pure anger, humans and non-human are angry looking for who to pour the anger on. Driver, conductor, and passenger even the bus itself is all angry and all hot, too many potholes. Woe betides you when you meet an angry conductor on your way out “and says enter with your change ooo and yet you entered with 1000 naira note. Husband is angry; the wife is getting too fat. Wife is angry; the husband is demanding extra meat with a small amount he drops. In the midst of all this trouble as a Nigerian imagine yourself not making heaven. That is what Fela Anikulapo Kuti called “double wahala for ...

*Theology,  Liturgy  and  Spirituality  of  LENT* - Rev.  Fr.  Paul  K.  OREDIPE  *Introduction*             Jonathan and Johnson were good friends.  Few years ago, on Ash Wednesday, Johnson went to the Church but Jonathan forgot the announcement on the previous Sunday.  When they met in the evening, Johnson was still having the ashes on his forehead.  Jonathan saw this and decided to help his friend, Johnson, to clean the stain on his forehead.  As he cleaned off the ashes, Johnson became so furious and started shouting: ‘you have spoiled my lent, you have destroyed my lent, oh what is this now?  You have broken my lent’.  This led to a long quarrel that was not even settled until the following Christmas feast of that year.             Yes the ashes.  We began this season of Lent on Ash Wednesday with the blessing and distribution of...

EVOLUTION AND THE LOGOS: why Christians should Accept Evolution is real Fr Linus Akali, sdv  *What really is Evolution?* Evolution is simply put as the theory that traces all life to the same ancestry. Over the years, scientists have made the leap into the discovery of the fossil that defines the origin and length of the existence of life. The fossil traces all life to have started some 6 million years ago. It is believe that all life originates somewhat from the same ancestry. The Scripture teaches that God created all things (Gen 1). If God created all things yet all things evolved from one ancestry is there any descripancy? Should Christians accept the evolutionary theory. If so, what happens to the biblical account of Creation?  *Evolution and Religion* Can Christians Believe in Evolutionary Theory? I am pleased with the exposure of this argument. Yes, Christians (especially Catholics) don't have problems with Scientific theory of Evolution. Actually Science ha...

Dearly beloved, today our Saviour is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness.   No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason for rejoicing. Our Lord, victor over sin and death, finding no man free from sin, came to free us all. Let the saint rejoice as he sees the palm of victory at hand. Let the sinner be glad as he receives the offer of forgiveness. Let the pagan take courage as he is summoned to life.   In the fullness of time, chosen in the unfathomable depths of God’s wisdom, the Son of God took for himself our common humanity in order to reconcile it with its creator. He came to overthrow the devil, the origin of death, in that very nature by which he had overthrown mankind.   And so at the birth of our Lord the angels sing in joy: Glory to God in the highest, and they proclaim peace to men of good will as they se...