YEAR OF THE PRIEST

YEAR FOR PRIESTS

My brothers in the priesthood of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am grateful to our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI for focusing the attention of all the members of Christ's faithful on the priest, on the wonderful gift of the ministerial priesthood. I pray that the attention will bring about prayerful reflection on the person of the priest, on his human fragility as well as the inexhaustible source of strength that is available to him. May the common reflection engender more understanding of the mystery of the priesthood and of the priest, more prayerful support for the priest and for his ministry and more and renewed commitment on the part of priests to the person of Jesus Christ, the High Priest of our holy religion, of whose priesthood we are called to share.

Love God! Love the Church! Love the priest!

As we inaugurate the Year of Priests with our Holy Father on 19th June 2009, may the Spirit of God fall afresh and with power on the Church, anointing her priests to bring the good news of salvation to the poor, to open the eyes of the blind, to free those in bondage and to declare the favourable year of our God.

Welcome to my Blog. I was introduced to blogging by Most Rev. Daniel Bohan, Archbishop of Regina, Canada when I visited him. He took out time to show me how he is able to reach many people using his blog. I was impressed. I do hope to be able to communicate with you through this medium. I wish God's blessing on all who will view my blog!

As you can guess, I am God's minister - Most Rev. Hilary Paul Odili Okeke, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria. I wish to use this blog to spread God's goodness and truth! Share God's goodness with me! + Hilary Paul Odili Okeke.