TOPIC: ADDICTION AMONG THE YOUTH/CATHOLIC YOUTHS AND SOUND CERTIFICATES WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE- A WAY OUT. By Tobe Eze

 CATHOLI DIOCESE OF NSUKKA.

A TALK BY TOBE EZE (DAN~HILL) TO CYON DURING YOUTH WEEK.

TOPIC: ADDICTION AMONG THE YOUTH/CATHOLIC YOUTHS AND SOUND CERTIFICATES WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE- A WAY OUT

Introduction

Definition of Terms

1. Catholic Youth

2. Addiction

3. Certificate

4. Knowledge

Catholic Youths and Addiction

Catholic Youths and Certificate

Catholic Youths and Knowledge

Catholic Youths with Sound Certificate and Sound Knowledge

Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

There are many things we do ordinarily and regularly that we always feel that they are normal without knowing that we are now becoming addicted to them. The tragic thing about addiction is that it does not start with difficult ways or things but simple things that can easily be done. Many are now addicted to many things that they cannot even stop again and we can see one of them in how we are addicted to certificates and hate knowledge. Addiction is like a cankerworm that eats deep into the lives of those involved. If we are addicted to anything we will always find reasons to justify ourselves. You will defend yourself to the highest point without thinking that you may be wrong categorically. We can be addicted to positive things and also we can be addicted to negative things. Continue Reading........

Tuesday Of Week 14 Year A By Tobe Eze

 Tuesday Of Week 14 Year A

First Reading: Genesis 32:22-32

Gospel: Matthew 9:32-38

Theme: Let us keep it till this day

It is very common in our nature and among us to keep what we got from our forefathers both good and bad and we call them tradition or culture. This is mostly found in our youths these days going back to what our parents ran away from to embrace the gospel in the name of culture.

After the story of Jacob and the fight, we heard that his name was changed. Can’t we keep changing from bad to good till this day? We also heard in the conclusion that the Israelites do not eat the hip till this day because of their father Jacob. Can't we keep morals our forefathers taught us to this day? We stick to so-called cultures of our parents but will leave the morals they taught, behind. Who is deceiving who? No one is against our genuine culture but people leave our cultural heritage and take up the ones they like which most times are not even our culture.

In the gospel we can see Christ doing good despite the evil talks from the Pharisees against him. He also showed us what to keep to this day. Let us teach those who need teaching till this day as Christ did. Let us also show compassion to those who need it till this day as Christ did to those who needed it. Let us heal hearts till this day as Christ healed those who were sick. If we do these, if we keep them till this day, we shall make heaven. Thanks.

CO-MURDERERS. By Tobe Eze

 CO-MURDERERS

Nigeria is now so terrible that no one is sure to sleep and wake up again with his or her head still attached to the body. We are being beseeched by all sorts of evils every day. We are now very much confused and afraid that we do not even know whom we are to run to. The government has failed us automatically and we do not even have a single hope in them again. Hoping on ourselves now is also becoming problematic for we are now increasing the fire instead of quenching it. Why do I say this? Continue Reading..............

FACEBOOK IDENTITY CRISIS. By Tobe Eze

 FACEBOOK IDENTITY CRISIS

In my facebook friend request list, I have up to 87 friend requests that I have not accepted and I have not declined them. I am waiting and watching to see if I will see anything that will show me that I know those persons. The names there are not names that I have come across, the pictures are not familiar at all. Someone from my own village will use Itz Mhiz Dragon to create account on facebook, use the picture of a foreign footballer or an animal as the profile picture and cover page picture. If you send me friend request, how do you expect me to know that you are the one that sent me that. These days, hackers are doing terrible things, people are now becoming skeptical with regard to facebook things and they should not be blamed.  Continue reading........

WE ARE LOOSING IT By Tobe Eze

 WE ARE LOOSING IT

To what shall I compare this generation, this generation is the generation of those who have lost the values of life if I may say this. There is this video clip that is going around in the social media now, both in Facebook and WhatsApp of a boy beating, brutalizing, killing a woman and an old woman for that matter. Such a barbaric act is what I don’t understand, what must have come over that boy? Was he manipulated? Or under the influence of something? If it were to be in the old Igbo tradition, that boy deserves to die (both Christians, that is not the best). I wonder the type of persons we are having this time around in this generation. I do not know how to classify this but I see it as the worst thing the devil has done to us by making us lose our identity, our tradition, our culture which honours elders both from the feminine point of view and masculine point of view. Whatever may have prompted that boy to do that thing is a strong thing I believe. The boy should receive more punishments more than even the one that is also going around that he received for what he did is seriously is a grievous offence. Continue Reading........

FROM NWA CHELSEA TO ALEX VON, WHO IS THE NEXT TO DIE? By Tobe Eze

 FROM NWA CHELSEA TO ALEX VON, WHO IS THE NEXT TO DIE?

ALEX VON

Umunnem lawanuo. Chineke nna kporo unu o. Umunnem jee zuru ike n' ogu ebiela.

To what shall we compare this world, how can we understand this world, if we understand this world clearly, then we will manipulate God but since we cannot understand it clearly God remains God and will forever be God. Praise be to his name. Continue Reading...........

ONLY WHEN I AM ACTIVE OR DEAD By Tobe Eze

 ONLY WHEN I AM ACTIVE OR DEAD

I have seen recently people thinking the way I think and reacting the way I react. I have come to notice just like others have come to notice that people are only celebrated when they are relevant and when they are dead. If you are active, you will have many fans but if you are having challenges, you will have many foes. If someone dies now, the pictures, videos, write-ups and many other things about the person will be going up and down in the social media and so on, but when the person was inactive and suffering, no one did care. Continue Reading....,..

YOU SAID WAHALA BE LIKE WHAT AGAIN? By Tobe Eze

 YOU SAID WAHALA BE LIKE WHAT AGAIN?

None of them will betray anyone. 

One day, those days when men were boys. We were going for the Altar Boys (Mass Servers) practise in my parish. We were six going that day. It was the period of Akatakpa our local masquerade. We saw two of them coming from afar. We agreed among us that none of us will run since it was church activity that we were going. I was fronting the movement. As we were approaching them, I was still moving with courage that there would be no way they would have attacked us because we were in group. To my greatest surprised, when I came face to face with the Edom, I noticed that I was the only one there. When I looked around in my fear and trembling, I saw my colleagues in the bushes already running for their dear lives. I had no other option that to stand and watch the evil that will be melted on me by the two Akatakpa. As God may have it, they just looked at me (may be as a child), left me and continued their journey. I ran away with serious fear and trembling. When I meet with my friends, they asked me what happened but I did not answer them because I was already hurt by the betrayal. I continued to carry that grudge for years. I only forgave them years late when I understood the real teaching of the church. Continue Reading....... 

MY JOURNEY WITH HER By Tobe Eze

 MY JOURNEY WITH HER

Please She is not this person 
This story is a fiction. It didn't happen anywhere. Thanks 

I entered the same bus from Nsukka to Enugu with her. It was not a company bus, rather what is normally called “pick and drop”. The bus left around 10:47 AM from Nsukka heading to our destination which was Enugu. Few metres away from Opi junction, the bus developed fault. The driver tried all he could to rectify the problem but he could not. He then pleaded with us to exercise some patience that his mechanic will be there in few minutes. Continue Reading..... 

THAT IS HOW IT IS DONE By Tobe Eze

 THAT IS HOW IT IS DONE 

It baffles me to see people who in their dependent ages were complaining of evils melted on them by their Lords and Masters turning to unleash the same mayhem on those under them in the name of “it was done to us”.  How could you, who were complaining of evils  done to you as a junior student turn to be evil to your junior ones when you become a senior student? How could you, who were complaining of the evils done to you by your Madams when you were servants or maids turn and be evils to your own maids?  How could you, who were complaining of the evils done to you by your Masters when you were servants turn and be evil yourself to your own servants? If we understand the idea of suffering under people sometimes, it is to make us know  how evil it can be and to learn not to do the same to others. How we often cite our bad experiences when we want to teach others or to show example or to make a point, makes it to look as if we enjoyed it. We hated it, we wanted to stop it when we had no power or authority to do that, now we have the authority and power, what is happening?  What we did not enjoy then because they were evils, we should not promote them now for they have not changed, they are still evils on those we are unleashing them on. Continue Reading..........