Ikeh Christian Rabbi

This is truly heartbreaking. Ifunanya Nwangene was a gifted and promising young Catholic singer 😢 with a truly angelic voice. It’s so painful that her life ended the way it did—without timely help or early medical care. May her soul rest in perfect peace, now singing with the choirs of heaven. Amen 🙏🏽

The Catholic diocese of otukpo mourns you our dear Deacon Silas Sunday Eleigwu, on your passing to meet your creator..

We will miss you little pope.
Requiescat in pace!

WHY DOES A DEACON WEAR HIS STOLE ACROSS HIS SHOULDER?🤔✝️

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Many people ask:
Why does the deacon wear his stole differently from the priest?

The answer is deep and beautiful.🤚

✝️Not Power, But Service

The deacon is not ordained to lead the Church like a priest.
He is ordained to serve, just like Jesus did.

The word "deacon" comes from the Greek "diakonos" meaning "servant".
So, his vestment, especially the stole, must reflect that.

While a priest wears his stole straight down on both shoulders,
the deacon wears it from his left shoulder, across his chest, and ties it at the side.

But why?

✝️ Every Part Has Meaning:

👉From the shoulder, because that’s where you carry a burden.
The deacon carries the burden of the Gospel, of the poor, of the Church.

👉Across the chest, it crosses the heart.
Because service must come from love. Without love, it's just work.

👉Tied at the side, because he’s ready to serve.
Like a servant rolling up their sleeves, the deacon is always ready.

✝️ The Stole Is a Cross

That stole, crossing from shoulder to side, is shaped like a cross.
It reminds the deacon, and all of us, that to serve like Jesus is to carry a cross.

- It's not about looking important.
- It's about loving deeply, serving humbly, and giving joyfully.

The deacon wears what Christ wore:
- A towel to wash feet.
- A cross to save the world.

A Message Without Words

When you see a deacon in his stole, you’re seeing a message:

- “I am here to serve, not to be served.”
- “I carry Christ’s message, with love.”
- “I stand between the altar and the street, to bring God to the people, and the people to God.”

✝️ So:

The priest’s stole says: I lead you to the altar.
The deacon’s stole says: I walk with you to the streets.

- It’s not just a cloth.
- It’s a cross.
- It’s a calling.

And it's worn…
with the heart in the middle.

God bless you 🙏
Credit: Catholics online class.

The Vatican is currently examining a possible miracle attributed to Pope Benedict XVI.

In May 2012, 19-year-old Peter Srsich from Colorado traveled to Rome while suffering from advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The tumor was pressing against his heart, a condition doctors described as extremely dangerous and life-threatening.

During a general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI blessed Peter. Unaware of the exact location of the tumor, the Pope placed his hand precisely over the affected area. Shortly afterward, Peter experienced a complete and medically unexplained recovery.

Nine years later, on May 15, 2021, Peter Srsich was ordained a Catholic priest.

From suffering to healing, from illness to priesthood—this extraordinary story is now being carefully studied by the Church as a possible miracle, reminding us that God still acts powerfully in our time, often in quiet and unexpected ways.

the dedication of the nnewi Catholic church cathedral Anambra state

A scholar often say;
A SEMINARIAN IS NOT A SEMI PRIEST
Pray for them and stop asking when is your ordination? I often tell people that the seminary formation is just like a pregnant woman where no one can give an exact prediction on the delivery or what the future holds, only by the grace of the Adonai and it only depends on how you take care of it with an ultimate End in notion that every action and pursuit is thought to aim some good.is all in his hands; am just a pencil in the writing hand of God, shape me to be what you want.

The church calls us to remember The persecution of the Holy Innocents, is a heartbreaking story from the Bible when King Herod, wanting to kill baby Jesus, ordered the slaughter of all male children in Bethlehem aged 2 and under (Matthew 2:16-18).

A tragic event remembered in Christianity
although the church grew stronger and stronger by the blood of the martyrs which is the seed of the church...

Nnewi diocese on the move as they set to dedicate our lady of Assumption Cathedral on Wednesday, 14,January 2026

Todays reflection.

Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy family,Many strongly believe,and they are right that the family is the first basic human society.Family life initiates every individual into the reality that no human person is an island.we are dependent beings. That is why in the Holy family we find model qualities that should govern every well meaning family.They are : obedience, loyalty, respect, forgiveness, service,love etc.
Lord as we celebrate the feast of the Holy family,we pray that all mothers may emulate the humility of our Mother Mary;
All fathers follow the devotion of St Joseph,and all children learn to obey as Jesus did.