Bp. Nkamuke Bede

The beginning of our yearly Tre Ore Devotion.

Second Day of Tenebrae

Could ye not watch with Me one hour, ye that called one on the other to die for Me?*Or see ye not Judas, how that he sleepeth not, but maketh haste to betray Me to the Jews? Why sleep ye? Rise, and pray,lest ye enter into temptation. Responsory 8 for Maundy Thursday Matins.

youtube.com/live/ZP1PUPVpx… TENEBRAE (Part 1): Holy Thursday - Office of Matins Was live @ 5pm St Philomena Roman Catholic Church, Nigeria 1st April, 2026

Si enim justus est, qui ex fide vivit; iniquus est, qui non habet fidem. For if he is just, who lives by faith; he is wicked who doesn't have faith. St. Augustine (from 2nd Nocturn of Holy Thursday Matins)

"One of the army nearly shot my leg. When youths came out in order to engage the attackers, the army came in less than 10 minutes to block the youths. The army took down two youths. The army turned and left when the attackers left." - Jos Youth Leader.

All set for Tenebrae

@UcheMaryOkoli @FrUgochukwu This is false ecumenism. The only true unity is unity of Faith, Doctrine and worship. It is not possible in the false religion that pretends to be Catholic.

@FrUgochukwu Why can't they just submit to Rome??? "That all may be one."

Every Palm Sunday, at least in the last three years, the Catholic Church, the African Church, and the Methodist Church all in Osogbo Diocese, Nigeria hold a joint Palm Sunday service. On Palm Sunday of this year, the Catholic Bishop of Osogbo Diocese, Most Rev. John Oyejola, joined the Bishop of the African Church, Osun Diocese and the Bishop of the Methodist Church, Osun Diocese, in a joint celebration marked by prayer, unity, and shared faith. A beautiful witness to Christian unity at the beginning of Holy Week.

The Nigerian government is worse than the terrorists plaguing our country. They have the capacity to end the terror, but they do nothing about it. The government is complicit. They are part of the persecution. What will happen on Easter Sunday? Where will they strike?

We have Palm Sunday Processions in three places today: Myself, Frs Okerulu and Ikhiaemoh in Portharcourt (SouthSouth); Fr. Ojeka in Lagos (Southwest) ; Fr. Okafor in Owerri (Southeast).

THE TRADITIONAL CHRISM MASS (Pre-1955 Roman Rite) A Rare Holy Week Liturgy Experience the ancient form of the Chrism Mass as it was celebrated for centuries— not as a separate ceremony, but within the Holy Thursday Mass itself. WHAT MAKES THIS UNIQUE? ✦ One Unified Mass The blessing of oils takes place within the Eucharistic sacrifice ✦ A Sacrificial Focus Every sacrament flows directly from the altar ✦ Ancient Ritual & Order Clergy serve in traditional roles—no concelebration ✦ Timeless Prayers Drawn from the earliest Roman liturgical tradition DIFFERENT FROM THE MODERN CHRISM MASS - No renewal of priestly promises - No pastoral restructuring - No separate liturgy ➡ Instead: a profoundly sacramental and ancient expression of Holy Thursday JOIN US: See Image below for details. Come witness the roots of the Roman Rite.

Sam Altman and his Silicon Valley bros are trying to physically colonise human intelligence so that they can control it and turn it into something you have to buy from them as you get stupider. Don't take my word for it. He said so himself:

@FrOkerulu *Miss Frederica Azogu

@FrOkerulu The conversion and death of Mrs. Frederica Azogu is one of those miracles of grace we will forever be indebted to God for.

Eulogy for late Miss Fredericia Azogu The mercies of the Lord and of men St Philomena Roman Catholic Church, Nigeria 26th March, 2026

@FrLavery This is edifying. May his soul rest in peace. Amen. I will remember him at my Masses

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Leo Carley, a dedicated priest for almost 65 years. He passed away last week on the feast of St. Joseph. I knew Father personally and occasionally visited or called him. His connection with my family goes back to his first years in Ohio, when he officiated at my parents' wedding and, for a while, offered the Latin Mass in a building owned by my family. A couple of my siblings were baptized by him. Father was not a "sedevacantist," i.e. he did not hold the position that the Chair of Peter is vacant and that the recent claimants have been false popes, intent on destroying souls. He simply resisted the changes and ignored the men who claimed to be pope. It was always regrettable that he did not take a stance on this point, but God knows the state of his conscience. A couple of years ago, just before I left Ohio for a new assignment, I had a long conversation with Father at his rectory. I brought up this matter with him. His simple comment, as nearly exact as I can recall it, was: "It may not be long before we will all have to admit the See is vacant." The terrible confusion of our times, and the strong effort made by SSPX to spread false arguments for R&R for decades has confused many. Many, who have serious doubts about the validity of papal claimants like Prevost, are deterred from a final decision by the bad theology of the SSPX. The responsibility weighs heavily on those who have written and disseminated these erroneous arguments. Father was ordained in 1961. One can only imagine what a terrible cross it was for a young priest to go through the first years of his priesthood in that decade of apostasy. His ordaining bishop was Bp. Jerome D. Hannan (not Hanson as the obituary incorrectly says). This bishop was the author of an excellent Canon Law treatise in the 1950s. Fr. Carley told me once how he had been traveling with this bishop in between sessions of Vatican II when he was back in Pennsylvania. The bishop privately told him how he dreaded going back to the Council because of what was taking place. He ended up dying one week after the Council ended. It was a terrible time for all good priests and bishops. Fr. Carley continued offering the Latin Mass after the changes, but at some point the new bishop gave him an ultimatum. Either begin offering the "New Mass" by a certain date, or be suspended or expelled from the diocese. Father did not comply and was left without a diocese. Those are the brief details I remember from Father's recounting of them to me. I do not remember what year this was. It is painful to think what a trial that would have been for a priest, especially one so young. To persevere through it would have taken a very strong faith. At some point, Father ended up in Ohio. My parents were looking for a priest to officiate at their wedding. My father had been, some years earlier, the organist at St. Matthew's in Akron until one Sunday the priest told him and the choir they weren't needed anymore. What had happened? The pastor had thrown away all the old hymnals because the choir wouldn't stop singing the old hymns. He replaced them with modernist Kumbaya music. So, my father and a few other faithful Catholics made copies of several old hymns and put them in the pews before Mass. The priest was angered and told them they were done. My father left and ended up at the Eastern Rite, as so many Roman Rite Catholics did at the time. But he wanted the Roman Rite for the wedding. Originally he thought to fly Fr. Fenton in, but then learned of Fr. Carley. That is where my family's connection to Father began. Later on we ended up part of the CMRI parish where a clear stance on the false popes was taken. Even as a child, it always made perfect sense to me that a blatant heretic, such as JP2 was, doing immense harm to souls, could never be the Pope. The Novus Ordo was an entirely different religion with nothing in common with the Catholic Faith. We went to funerals of relatives in the Novus Ordo which disgusted me. In one, the "priest" told everyone: "Your sins are forgiven. Now I want you all to come to Communion." My family, of course, did not. The devil's work is what that religion is. It's a false church, a new, heretical sect. I'm thankful we were never part of it. Fr. Carley continued offering Mass for 50 years in Ohio and WV. It was a real edification despite his unfortunate theological stance. I suspect his parish will not be the same now, as many were attached to him as a dedicated "old guard" priest, rather than agreeing with the R&R position. There will not likely be agreement among the parishioners as the parish moves into new hands. I have not heard what this future is, but, if it is the SSPX, I suspect they will lose much of the parish. Fr. Carley came to my mind last week a couple days before he died. I thought I should call him, although I wasn't aware of anything wrong. I didn't, but I'm pretty sure I offered a quick prayer for him. Then, two days later, I received word of his death. May God grant mercy and eternal rest to His priest who did so much for souls in the face of so many crosses and trials.

@Arden_2210 1×4 +1=5 2×5+2=12 3×6+3=21 5×8+5=45 Ans= 45.

Most people say 13 But that’s not correct If you solve this, your brain is sharp 🔥

"In the Garden of Gethsemane the sins of every age and of all mankind flowed horrible and repulsive into the most pure soul of Jesus Who thus became, ' _the receptacle of the moral filth of the world_ ' " From St. Andrew's Missal. Doctrinal note on Passiontide.

@UcheMaryOkoli No, sister. They shouldn't be shown the exit door. They should be stopped before they reached the door. And then they should be educated about the importance od being in the only true Faith. And if they insist on leaving, pray for them to return.

Any baptised Catholic who say they want to leave the Catholic Church should be shown the exit door, please. Martin Luther left, and more people became Catholics even. Some people have to leave to make room for others to join. Unserious Catholics who don't appreciate the sacrament and the Church can leave to make room for those who'd appreciate and value the sacrament and the Church. Kyrie Eleison.

@engr_shaibu_ In the court today, the judge is writing down the account of a witness with pen and paper. The witness has to speak slowly while the judge puts down what is being said.

In Abuja’s General Hospital, Operations are done with torchlight. Nigeria. 🤦🏾‍♂️