WE NEED CHANGE

Today November 3rd,is a great day not to Americans alone but to the whole world especially blacks in the whole world.Today is another day i felt very proud and happy to be a black man and even wishes to come to the next world as a black man.
Our big brother Sen.BARACK OBAMA,became the 44th president of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Through him our almighty God,shows the whole world that he created every human being both black and white,which means that we have the same rights and that blacks can also do that which the white does.
I know that some people might not be happy for this great historic happening,but i want to tell people like that,that when God say's YES nobody can say NO and when he say's NO,nobody can say YES,So let us put our heads together and work so that this world will be a very good and condusive place for us both black and white to live.
Our brother KOFFI ANNAN of Ghana first made the history when he became the first black man to become the United Nations Secretary General and now Obama have made it as the first Black-American to rule America,what a wonderful thing to happen.
Please i urge everybody especially American who still never believe what happened to accept it as the work of God,so that Obama's reign as the president of USA should be successful,though as for me i know that he will lead well because God has ordained it in heaven already.
My fellow blacks let us rejoice for God has shown us favour and also pray to God almighty to help our big brother not to dissapoint us,the whites and the whole world there,because i know that many people still never believe that he can make it as a president .
So be happy even when you are being abused for being a black for today a black man has becomed the president of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,which is also like rulling the whole world.THANK YOU JESUS(WHAT IS WRITTEN IS WRITTEN.....IHE CHI DERE ODERA YA),UMUNNE M KA ANYI NURIA N'IHI NA CHINEKE EMELA ANYI EZE......MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS LET US REJOICE FOR GOD HAS MADE US KING.

MY PRAYER FOR OBAMA

ALMIGHTY AND EVER LIVING GOD I PRAY THAT YOUR SERVANT SEN.BARACK OBAMA WHOM YOU HAVE CHOOSEN TO LEAD YOUR PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,SHOULD LEAD WITH YOUR WISDOM,UNDERSTANDING,PEACE AND LOVE AND ALSO COME OUT TO BE ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT LEADER.ALL THESE AND MORE I ASK THROUGH THE SAME CHRIST OUR LORD....AMEN

FEAST OF PENTECOST

The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter) and ten days after the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. The Feast is always celebrated on a Sunday.Feast of pentecost commemorates the descendent of the holy spirit on the apostles.They were filled with holy spirit in the room where they locked themselves up for fear of being arrested by the jews,but all of a sudden each of them noticed something like the tongue of fire on the head of each apostles and they were filled with holy spirit and started speaking in a different languages that everybody understands what each person is saying and from there,they went out and started preaching to everybody with a language that each person understands.Holy spirit is represented with a a white dove.

Speaking of different tongues by the apostles then can be seen as what christains regards as speaking in tongue in the present days and the holy spirit also came down with 7 gifts,These make the soul capable of taking in the special lights and inspirations He sends in a much higher way than what is had in ordinary graces. We do not notice much of any effects from these Gifts until we have advanced rather far in the spiritual life, for great docility and purity of heart are needed.The seven gifts of the holy spirits are as follows:wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord.

These are the words from St Augustine about the holy spirit,

'There is no gift of God more excellent than this. It alone distinguishes the sons of the eternal kingdom and the sons of eternal perdition. Other gifts, too, are given by the Holy Spirit; but without love they profit nothing. Unless, therefore, the Holy Spirit is so far imparted to each, as to make him one who loves God and his neighbor, he is not removed from the left hand to the right. Nor is the Spirit specially called the Gift, unless on account of love. And he who has not this love, "though he speak with the tongues of men and angels, is sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal; and though he have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and though he have all faith, so that he can remove mountains, he is nothing; and though he bestow all his goods to feed the poor, and though he give his body to be burned, it profiteth him nothing."

PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,

Come, Holy Spirit
In English
*Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created.R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray. O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise, and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord.Amen.
In Latin
*Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium: et tui amoris in eis ignem accende.
V. Emitte Spiritum tuum, et creabuntur.R. Et renovabis faciem terrae.
Oremus. Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti: da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere; et de eius semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.Amen.

NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,

Friday after Ascension Thursday -- Saturday, the Vigil of Pentecost
This is the prototype of all novenas. It commemorates the nine days between the Ascension of Our Lord and the descent of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost Sunday. During this time Our Lady and the twelve Apostles prayed in the upper room for the coming of the Paraclete.
*O Holy Spirit, O my God, I adore Thee, and acknowledge, here in Thy divine presence, that I am nothing and can do nothing without Thee. Come, great Paraclete, Thou father of the poor, Thou comforter the best, fulfil the promise of our blessed Savior, Who would not leave us orphans, and come into the mind and the heart of Thy poor, unworthy creature, as Thou didst descend on the sacred day of Pentecost on the holy Mother of Jesus and on His first disciples. Grant that I may participate in those gifts which Thou didst communicate to them so wonderfully, and with so much mercy and generosity. Take from my heart whatever is not pleasing to Thee, and make of it a worthy dwelling-place for Thyself. Illumine my mind, that I may see and understand the things that are for my eternal good. Inflame my heart with pure love of Thee, that I may be cleansed from the dross of all inordinate attachments, and that my whole life may be hidden with Jesus in God. Strengthen my will, that I may be made comformable to Thy divine will, and be guided by Thy holy inspirations. Aid me by Thy grace to practice the divine lessons of humility, poverty, obedience, and contempt of the world, which Jesus taught us in His mortal life.
Oh, rend the heavens, and come down, consoling Spirit! that inspired and encouraged by Thee, I may faithfully comply with the duties of my state, carry my daily cross most patiently, and endeavor to accomplish the divine will with the utmost perfection. Spirit of love! Spirit of purity! Spirit of peace! Sanctify my soul more and more, and give me that heavenly peace which the world cannot give. Bless our Holy Father the Pope, bless the Church, bless our bishops, our priests, all Religious Orders, and all the faithful, that they may be filled with the spirit of Christ and labor earnestly for the spread of His kingdom.
O Holy Spirit, Thou Giver of every good and perfect gift, grant me, I beseech Thee, the intentions of this novena. May Thy will be done in me and through me. Mayest Thou be praised and glorified forevermore! Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

*O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen. (to be recited daily with the novena prayer).

May the holy spirit and the seven gifts that it gives be on us this pentecost and forevever.Amen

ASSCENSION OF CHRIST

Ascension signifies the day Christ ascended into heaven after rising from death or rather,it is the festival of remembering the physical departure of Jesus from the earth into heaven, 40 days after Easter,and this year's feast fall into workers day may 1st 2008.We could remember that after Christ rised from death after staying in the tomb for three days,he made himself visible to his apostles and some some other people.then feast of ascension marks the day Christ went to heaven and which shows that his apostles and some peoples stopped seeing him physical,physical i mean as a human,with body like a human,but as a catholic we still see christ in the form of consecrated host which turned into christ body and wine which also turnrd into christ blood after the priest has consecrated it during church service.it was also before christ ascension that he promised his apostles,that he will send the holy spirit to them,whom will guide and help them carry out their work of preaching and making christ knowned to every body,i pray we also fall into the category of people that will receive this holy spirit,ofcourse we fall among the category but it is left for us as an individual,to work towards that by avoiding sin and keeping the God's commandment so that the holy spirit will find a comfortable place to live within us.

On the other hand the ascension means the fulfilment of the scriptures, the perfect completion of the work of salvation, the perpetual triumph of good over evil and the victory over death,ascension also proves that though our master Jesus was tortured, ridiculed and finally killed, his death was of the most high profile. And he is now seated on the right of God and ever glorified..As if he christ has just left us physically,We need to faithfully and steadfastly stick to him to feel his pressence.

Finally, let us show our appreciation and devotion to him by bearing in mind his last words. “If you love me feed my sheep.”“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (lead an exemplary life wherever you are) Mark 16:15-18.

EASTER CELEBRATION

Lord may your resurrection,enrich us with your grace.Christ has risen from the dead,let us sing a hymn to the Lord our God,Alleluia,Alleluia.
Easter or Paschal celebration is a very important and great feast in the life of every christains,though nowadays non christains also celebrate it.Easter marks our salvation and what makes christainity still in existence,because i wonder what would have become of christianity,if Christ did not die and rose on the third day as the scripture and christ himself foretold,and that is why every christian allover the world embrace this great feast with happiness and celebration.
This feast is greeted with gladness and thanksgiving.Christ resurrection foreshadows ours and we are celebrating our own victory over suffering and death,as well as his.Easter also refers to the season of the church year called Eastertide or the Easter Season.Easter Season lasts for the forty days from Easter Day until Ascension Day but now officially lasts for the fifty days until Pentecost. The first week of the Easter Season is known as Easter Week or the Octave of Easter. Easter also marks the end of Lent.
Easter is a moveable feast, because it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. Easter falls at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity), following the cycle of the moon.
Though ash wednesday,which is the beginning of lent and also preparation towards easter celebration,Roman Catholics,also get's into serious preparation towards easter, from Palm Sunday to holy saturday,which are termed "HOLY WEEK",then in the evening or in some country's night of holy saturday,there is a vigil,in this vigil 5 readings were read,two from old testament,and two from the new testament then the gospel.there is this interesting thing that day which is the singing of the "GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGHEST",in Latin "GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO",then "OTITO DIRI CHINEKE N'ELU KACHA ELU" in my native language IGBO(one of the three main languages in Nigeria).As the priest tunes this all the church bells in the church are rung,some churches for 5 minutes while in some it continues till the end of the song.at the vigil also there is celebration of the light,which shows christ as the light of the world.on this same day, there is baptism and renewal of baptismal vows on those that are already baptised,then litany of the saint,but it is sung before the baptism.

PRAYER

ON THIS DAY, LORD GOD YOU OPENED FOR US THE WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH YOUR ONLY SON'S VICTORY OVER DEATH,GRANT THAT AS WE CELEBRATE,THE FEAST OF HIS RESURRECTION,WE MAY BE RENEWED BY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND RISE AGAIN IN THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
GOD OUR FATHER,SINCE IT IS FROM YOU THAT REDEMPTION COME TO US YOUR ADOPTED CHILDREN,LOOK WITH FAVOUR ON THE FAMILY YOU LOVE,GIVE TRUE FREEDOM US WHO BELIEVE IN CHRIST AND BRING US ALL ALIVE TO OUR ETERNAL HERITAGE,THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.AMEN

LENT

Lent is a forty days period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We don't count Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays shows the Resurrection.This years Lent begins on 6th February 2008(Ash wednesday) and will end on 22nd March 2008(Holy saturday), which actually is the day before Easter(23rd March 2008,Resurrection day).Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the early days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism.The colours used in all the Roman Catholic Churches,during lenten season is purple,Since as Christians we prepare for our King through reflection and repentance, purple has also become a penitential colour.Lent is seen also as the season of FASTING AND PRAYER. We have HOLY WEEK,which comes at the last week of lent,it comprises of the following..

Palm Sunday (or Passion Sunday), the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem.
Holy Thursday (or Maundy Thursday), the institution of the Holy Eucharist and the betrayal by Judas,also the day catholic priest renew their priestly vow.
Good Friday, the arrest, trial, crucifixion, death, and burial of Jesus Christ.
Holy Saturday, the Sabbath on which Jesus rested in the grave

There is a special prayer said during lent by every Roman Catholic and this prayer is called STATIONS OF THE CROSS,this shows the sufferings of Jesus to his death.it is 14 in Numbers,ususally presented with roman numbers.Below are the prayers followed by the pictures.

I. JESUS IS CONDEMMED TO DEATH

II. JESUS TAKES UP HIS CROSS.

III. JESUS FALLS THE FIRST TIME.

IV. JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER MARY ON THE WAY.

V. SIMON OF CYRENE HELPS JESUS IN CARRYING THE CROSS.

VI. VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS.

VII. JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME.

VIII. JESUS SPEAKS TO THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM.

IX. JESUS FALLS THE THIRD TIME.

X. JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS CLOTH.

XI. JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS.

XII. JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS.

XIII. JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS.

XIV. JESUS IS PLACED IN THE TOMB.

THE PICTURES

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Blessed Virgin Mary,is the mother of Jesus Christ and also the mother of the whole world,though some people accuse catholics of worshipping her,but i saying it loud and clear now that we are not worshipping her rather we are honouring her and giving her,her deserved respect,because there is no way you will love a child and hate her mother,to me it does not work.I am challenging you now to ask whatever you want from God through her and you must surely get that provided you have faith.

FIVE MARRIAN DOGMAS

1. Mother of God:Declares mary as the mother of GOD(This dogma was declared by the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431).

2. Perpetual Virginity:This defines Mary as a virgin even after given birth to christ.

3. Immaculate conception: This declares that mary was born without the original sin(Immaculate Conception of Mary was promulgated by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854).

4. Assumption of Mary: This declares that mary body never decayed but was taken into heaven.(it was in the year1950 that it was officially pronounced a dogma by Pope Pius xii).

5. Mother of the Church:This declears Mary as the mother of the church.(The title, Mother of the Church, was proclaimed by Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican Council in an address ending the third session of the Council on November 21, 1964).

MARRIAN TITLES:

Byzantine icon adopted into Roman Catholicism as Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Among the most prominent Marian titles in the Roman Catholic Calendar are:
Mary, Mother of God
Mary, Most Favoured Daughter of the Father
Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit
Mary, the Immaculate Conception (Patroness of the United States and Principal Patroness of the Philippines)
Mary Help of Christians (Patroness of Australia)
Mary, Queen of Heaven
Mary, Queen of Saints
Mary, Queen of the World
Mary, Seat of Wisdom
Mary Untier of Knots
Mary Undoer of Knots
The Immaculate Heart
Our Lady, Help of Christians
Our Lady of Aparecida (Patroness of Brazil)
Our Lady of Combermere
Our Lady of Doctrine (celebrated in Tarxien, Malta)
Our Lady of Expectation (Our Lady in Expectation)
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Health (Vailankanni, India)
Our Lady of Good Success
Our Lady of Grace
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of La Salette
Our Lady of Lebanon
Our Lady of Loreto
Our Lady of Lujan (Patron of Argentina, in Lujan city where the impressive basilica is built)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Perpetual Help or Succour (Patroness of the Philippine Islands and Haiti)
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Our Lady of Salambao, (Patron of Obando, Bulacan)
Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, (Patron of Cavite City)
Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
Our Lady of the Pillar
Our Lady of Walsingham
Our Lady of the Wayside (Patron Saint of California)
Our Lady, Queen of Croats
Our Lady, Queen of Ireland
Our Lady, Queen of Poland
Queen of the Angels--Patron and namesake of Los Angeles, California, whose original Spanish name was El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula
Queen of Genoa
Queen of Peace
The Madonna of Consolation
The Madonna del Ghisallo
The Virgin of the Charity of Cobre (Patron Saint of Cuba)
Star of the Sea (Stella Maris)
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Patron and Queen of Poland
White Lily of The Trinity and Vermilon Rose of Heaven
The Rose
Ark of the Covenant
Nuestra Señora Del Buen Suceso ( Patroness of Parañaque )
Mother of All Sorrows
Among the most prominent Marian titles in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic liturgical calendars are:
Panagia Myrtidiotissa
Panagia Evangelistria (Our Lady of the good Tidings)
Aeiparthenos Maria (forever virgin Mary)
Hyperagia Theotokos (most Holy Mother of God)
Axion Esti (it is worthy to bless Thee, the Virgin)
Panagia Despoina (Our Lady and Queen)
Rodon to Amaranton (the Unfading Rose)

MARRIAN FEAST DAYS
Among the most prominent Marian feast days in the ordinary Roman Catholic Calendar are
January 1 Mary, Mother of God
January 8 Our Lady of Prompt Succor
February 2 Purification of the Virgin
February 11 Our Lady of Lourdes
March 25 Annunciation by Archangel Gabriel (it may be either moved to the day before Palm Sunday should this date be on Holy Week; or to the Monday after the second Sunday of Easter if this date falls on either Friday or Saturday of Holy Week or during Easter Week
April 26 Our Lady of Good Counsel
May 1 Queen of Heaven
May 13 Our Lady of Fatima
May 24 Mary Help of Christians
May 31 Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces
May 31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
June 27 Our Lady of Perpetual Help
August 15 Assumption into Heaven
August 21 Our Lady of Knock
August 22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8 Nativity (birth) of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
October 7 Feast of the Most Holy Rosary
November 21 Presentation of Mary
December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe
In the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, the Visitation is observed on July 2. Its modern date, May 31 is instead the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Immaculate Heart of Mary is commemorated on August 22 (which in the modern calendar is the Queenship). Friday in Passion Week (the week prior to Holy Week) is observed as the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 15, and the Motherhood of the BVM is October 11. The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, does not exist in the extraordinary calendar.
the most prominent Marian feast days
March 25 Annunciation
August 15 Assumption
September 8 Nativity

MARIAN SHRINES:

Loreto, Italy
Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal
Our Lady of Lebanon, Harissa, Lebanon
Our Lady of La Salette in La Salette, France
The Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico
The Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of Ireland in Knock, Ireland
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Black Madonna of Częstochowa in Częstochowa, Poland
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Paris, France
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Orani, Bataan Philippines
The Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Manila, Philippines
The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Caysasay, Taal, Batangas, Philippines
Shrine of Nuestra Señora Del Buen Suceso, La Huerta, Philippines
Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in India.

ANGELUS IN LATIN AND ENGLISH:

V/. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ,R/. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
V/. "Ecce Ancilla Domini."R/. "Fiat mihi secundum Verbum tuum."
Ave Maria, gratia plena...
V/. Et Verbum caro factum est.R/. Et habitavit in nobis.
Ave Maria, gratia plena...
V/. Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genetrix.R/. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
Oremus: Gratiam tuam quæsumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui Incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur.Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen

V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R. Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. And the Word was made Flesh.
R. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen

HAIL MARY:

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen

HAIL HOLY QUEEN:

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;to thee do we send up our sighs,mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,thine eyes of mercy toward us;and after this our exile,show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
V./ Pray for us O holy Mother of God,R./ that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. Almighty, everlasting God, who by the co-operation of the Holy Ghost didst prepare the body and soul of the glorious Virgin-Mother Mary to become a dwelling-place meet for thy Son: grant that as we rejoice in her commemoration; so by her fervent intercession we may be delivered from present evils and from everlasting death. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen

THE MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY.

A.THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES:(Mondays and Saturdays & Sundays during Christmass season)

1.The Annunciation

2.The Visitation

3.The Nativity(Birth of Jesus)

4.The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

5.The Finding Of the Child Jesus in the Temple

B.THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES:(Thursdays)

1.Baptism of Jesus Christ at River Jordan

2.Changing of water into wine at the wedding of Cana

3.Proclamation of the Kingdom by Jesus

4.Transfiguration of Jesus Christ on Mt Tabor

5.Establishment of the Holy Eucharist

C.THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES:(Tuesdays and Fridays & Sundays during Lent)

1.The Agony in the garden

2The scourging at the pillar

3.The crowning with thorns

4The carrying of the cross

5.The crucifixion and death of our Lord Christ.

D.THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES:(Wednesdays and Sundays & Sundays during Easter)

1.The Resurrection

2.The Ascension of Christ into Heaven

3.The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles

4.The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven

5The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

THE HOLY ROSARY:(and how to pray it)

POPE BENEDICT XVI

Joseph Alois Ratzinger,was born on the 16th of april 1925(holy saturday),at schulstrabe Marktl inn,Baveria Germany and was baptised the same day.The name of his father is Joseph Ratzinger,a police officer and his mother Maria(nee peintner).He is the youngest in the family of 3 and his elder brother George is also a priest and still alive and his only sister though late but she remained unmarried and worked under cardinal Joseph household till her death.

He became Pope John Paul II successor on the 18th of april 2005,after 2 days of papal conclave,at the age of 78 thereby making him the oldest to be elected Pope since Pope clement XII and he chossed to be addressed as POPE BENEDICT XVI.He is the ninth German pope and the 1st German pope in 1000yrs.He is the 265th pope in the roman catholic church.Before his appointment as a Pope he was the dean of college of cardinals.He began the beatification process of his

predecessor Pope John Paul II,on the 9th of may 2005.He also preaches about peace and oneness among the whole nations.


TITLES:


The official title of the Pope is His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI; in Latin, Benedictus XVI, Episcopus Romae. However, his rarely-used full title is "His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman province, Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God."