Praying with Scriptures: Lectio Divina

The session was very engaging from the onset. We demonstrated how we prayed in our private times. It revealed a lot about the form of prayer almost everyone adopts always – vocal prayers. At catechism, we were taught that there are different forms of prayers – vocal prayer, contemplative prayer, and mental prayer, but more…

Developing a Personal Relationship with Jesus

Facilitator: Mrs. Femi George The facilitator stirred provoking thoughts in our hearts about our current relationship with Jesus, to determine whether it was just lip service- the cultural Christianity phenomenon – or if we had an active and deep intimate relationship with Jesus. Amidst interesting stories of her own personal experiences, she tossed very pertinent…

Lenten Retreat: A Call to Intentional Discipleship

Facilitator: Revd. Fr. Anthony Nwosu IST TALK: A CALL TO HOLINESS • If you are a saint, people around you will be holy.  If you are holy, people around you will be good. If you are good, people around you will be nice and if you are nice, people around you will be ungodly. So…

Preparing for and Making the Most of Lent

Lent is a season of 40 days starting from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday, excluding the Sundays in between (which are regarded as feast days, being the day Jesus resurrected). 40 days is a remarkable number in the old testament; it’s the traditional number of days for discipline. In 1st Kings 19:8, Elijah travelled on…