Paul Salami, the Parish Priest of St Michael Catholic Church, Kagini, Bwari area council in Abuja, has urged Christians to use this year’s Lent period to intercede for Nigeria.
Salami said there was a need to seek divine intervention for the country’s economic challenges.
He said: “If we look at the situation today, it is pathetic and terrible. There seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel, a state of hopelessness everywhere among Nigerians. Difficult as it may look, it is important we use this season of Lent to beg God to show mercy on us as individuals and as a nation in general.
“We need to beg God to ease the pains of His children and bring a positive turnaround. It is a sacrifice we must make through intensive fasting, prayers and giving of alms.’’
Salami urged Christians to pray for the world in general, especially for warring countries in the world and those encountering famine and other unnatural and natural disasters.
He urged Christians to cultivate the habit of praying at all times while giving God supplications via periodic fasting, as needed.
Mr Salami said this act was to emulate and share in the suffering of Jesus Christ before his eventual death on the cross and his resurrection after three days.
He encouraged giving as an act of love as mandated by God and urged Christians to cultivate the habit of generosity despite the hardship.
