{"id":57399,"date":"2024-11-30T16:15:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T16:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57399"},"modified":"2024-11-30T16:15:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T16:15:30","slug":"bishop-doeme-reveals-christians-major-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/30\/bishop-doeme-reveals-christians-major-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Doeme Reveals Christian\u2019s Major Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Faith Adama<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri, Most Rev. Oliver Dashe Doeme laid bare what he described as the \u201cmajor enemy\u201d of Christians: the devil, the world, and the flesh.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Dome made the description while delivering his homily during a dual celebration of priestly ordination and Consecration of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration witnessed the ordination of fourteen priests for the Catholic Archdioces of Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing inspiration from Galatians 5:19-21, the Bishop emphasized that immorality, licentiousness, and similar vices are among the greatest threats to spiritual growth and salvation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Among these, the sins of the flesh are the most treacherous, often leading people to eternal damnation,\u201d the Bishop warned.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the newly ordained to embrace simplicity, humility, and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, emphasizing the transformative power of Marian devotion in combating spiritual attacks and fostering inner peace.<\/p>\n<p>Recounting a compelling story of a priest who experienced a miraculous turnaround through Marian intercession, Bishop Dome called on all believers to place their struggles before the Mother of God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not wait until trouble comes before you become a champion of Mary. Let her example guide you in purity and detachment from worldly ambitions,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop\u2019s message served as a clarion call for repentance, spiritual vigilance, and unwavering commitment to the faith amidst growing societal challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Faith Adama Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri, Most Rev. Oliver Dashe Doeme laid bare what he described as the \u201cmajor enemy\u201d of Christians: the devil, the world, and the flesh. Bishop Dome made the description while delivering his homily during a dual celebration of priestly ordination and Consecration of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":57400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57401,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57399\/revisions\/57401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}