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By Our Reporter
\nA Catholic Priest, Rev Fr\u00a0 Maurice Emelu of the Gratia Vobis Ministry ( CVM ) Thursday, at St Jude’s Catholic Church personally fed about 5, 000 poorest of the poor from Umuchima Community in Ideato South local Government Area of Imo State<\/p>\n
Apart from\u00a0 personally\u00a0 serving\u00a0 the target group,\u00a0 food, Fr\u00a0 Maurice Emelu also donated a 50kg bag of rice to each person and an of some money for the condiments<\/p>\n
Speaking shortly after the mass preceding the event, Fr\u00a0 Emelu explained that as a covenant he had with God, he decided to relate and feed the poorest of the poor in the society pointing out that these category of persons are human beings created by God and\u00a0 deserves to be recognised and related with as human beings<\/p>\n
He explained\u00a0 further that his decision to carry out this exercise occurred\u00a0 when\u00a0 he was\u00a0 praying on one of the days, a message from God came to him asking\u00a0 that the poorest of the poor in the society needed to be\u00a0 related with and treated like kings and queens<\/p>\n
Fr Emelu exptessed satisfaction saying, ” today I am fulfilled and satisfied that I was able to achievey\u00a0 heart desire of\u00a0 feeding the poorest of the poor in our midst and treating them like kings and queens ”<\/p>\n
He however urged the rich in the society to always remember the\u00a0 poorest of the poor in the society and be in the position to help them saying that\u00a0 the GRATIA VOBIS MINISTRY, ( C V M ) stands for this<\/p>\n
Giving credence to the ministry stand, His Eminence, Cardinal\u00a0 John Onaiyekan, the Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja noted\u00a0 that the occasion of the celebration of the Jubilee year 2025, in Umuchima Community is very great<\/p>\n
According to him, the occasion was by\u00a0 divine inspiration giving\u00a0 to Fr Maurice Emelu an illustrious son of Umuchima Community<\/p>\n
Cardinal\u00a0 John Onaiyekan noted, ” thousands are flocking to Rome on pilgrimage for the Jubilee\u00a0 of hope” pointing out, ” the local celebration is no less important and rewarding as\u00a0 we believe many people have testified to<\/p>\n
He\u00a0 further\u00a0 said that this celebration coincides not by\u00a0 accident but by\u00a0 Providence with two milestone in the life of the celebrant\u00a0 Fr Maurice Emelu\u00a0 which\u00a0 are his fiftieth birthday and\u00a0 the twentieth anniversary of his priestly ordinary<\/p>\n
Onaiyekan beloved that, ” there can be no better context\u00a0 to celebrate\u00a0 these anniversaries than what has brought people together.at Umuchima<\/p>\n
He said the Jubilee year 2025 was declared by the late Pope Francis and confirmed\u00a0 and\u00a0 continued by the new Pope Leo XIV explaining that the desire of Pope Francis was to inspire hope in a world that was drawing in hopelessness being abhorred and saddened by the avoidable deaths and pains caused by violent conflicts in many parts of the world<\/p>\n
According to him, ” the Pope was particularly pained by the recklessness of the lose of lives in Ukraine and Gaza nothing the growing\u00a0 injustice in the world economy order and the refusal of the rich nations to listen to the warning about global warming<\/p>\n
He said that the politicians are talking about renewed hope with little or no effort to sustain\u00a0 such\u00a0 hope which has turned to hopelessness pointing out that the Jubilee hope is of a different nature<\/p>\n
According to him, ” it is hope in God\u00a0 who never disappoints<\/p>\n
However, the event was witnessed by top people from parts of the country, including the target group, HRH, Eze DAC Okwara the traditional ruler of the community, the president general,\u00a0 key members of the ministry and large number of both Catholic and non Catholic Priests<\/p>\n
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