Several disciplines have, more often than not, expressed their confidence in the powers of water. Philosophy, Science and even our religion speak volume to the powers of water. Water precedes, creates and even sustains existents. Remove water from the earth and everything comes to nothing. No aspect of production succeeds in the absence of water, and no life survives when water becomes in accessible. (more…)

An office is generally a room or other area, where administrative work is done. It may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it. In the Christian doctrine, it is believed that Christ possessed three offices during his earthly ministry with specific duties attached to them. That is to say that He is the one whom the Father anointed with the Holy Spirit and established as Priest, Prophet and King. (more…)

When the year of mercy was gradually coming to an end, many Catholics felt uneasy. This is because they thought that the abundant mercy of God, in no distant time, will be substituted with its divine justice. Worse still, as a result of procrastination, some could not make reparations for their sins, especially those sins authorised to be forgiven by priests within the year of mercy. Others due to culpable ignorance, could not pass through the door of mercy during the year. Hence, the regrettable moment of the exclamation; HAD I KNOWN… filled the hearts of some concerned faithful. (more…)

In recent times, there is a geometric progression in new discoveries raising some problems for the doctrines of the Church. For instance, among the theological community, the disclosure of the existence of the black race generated a hushed but heated debate: whether the blacks had souls, and therefore whether they were materials for baptism. (more…)

The place of illness at the early years of my life is still alive and kicking in my memory. Sickness seems to be a state of life that every child from a poor family background would unreasonably aspire. This unpredictable longing to become sick is hinged on the fact that any kind of edible which is not placed before a sick child is one which he or she has desired not, regardless of the family’s financial statue. Well, the crux of the matter in this reflection is very far from the above analogy but not contradictory. (more…)