{"id":40773,"date":"2022-08-26T21:37:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T21:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=40773"},"modified":"2022-08-26T21:37:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T21:37:40","slug":"catholic-bishop-charges-clergy-to-preach-truth-and-not-peoples-desires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/26\/catholic-bishop-charges-clergy-to-preach-truth-and-not-peoples-desires\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic bishop charges clergy to preach truth and not people\u2019s desires"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Lafia, Bishop David Ajang, on Friday called on clergymen to always preach the truth and not what the people desire to hear.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The bishop made the call in a homily in Lafia at the Diocesan Eucharistic Congress of the Lafia Catholic Diocese.<\/p>\n<p>The Eucharist, also known as Holy Communion and the Lord\u2019s Supper is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches and as an ordinance in others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/06\/bishop-tasks-nigerians-on-intensive-prayers-for-country-civic-responsibilities\/\">Bishop<\/a> Ajang noted that current preaching had changed from cautioning the people to desist from evil to avoid being condemned to hell, to preaching about prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>He said clergymen were supposed to be the conscience of the society and must speak the truth at all times to guard against vices and crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The bishop also advised the people to stop pushing clergymen to doing their bidding.<\/p>\n<p>He added that sometimes adherents would take issues outside the realm of possibility to the clergy to seek solution to them through prayers.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that prayers alone would not make a student to pass examinations as such student must study hard for success at the examination.<\/p>\n<p>On the Eucharistic Congress, Bishop Ajang explained that the Eucharist is important during the celebration of Mass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEucharist was instituted by Jesus; we are expected to sustain it as it is beneficial to the people,\u2019\u2019 the bishop added.<\/p>\n<p>He cautioned that nobody has the right to add or to take anything away from the Bible and urged all to maintain the originality of the Holy Book.<\/p>\n<p>The Eucharistic Congress had in attendance priests, reverend sisters, catechists as well as members from all parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Lafia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Lafia, Bishop David Ajang, on Friday called on clergymen to always preach the truth and not what the people desire to hear. 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