The Vicar of Saint Jude Anglican Church, Mende Maryland, Reverend Canon Gbekeloluwa Odusanya has counseled Nigerians to imbibe the cardinals of Christmas,citing it as the only panacea for a chaotic situation confronting the nation in recent times.
The cleric made this assertion at the carol of nine lesson hosted by Chief Lucy Ajayi the
Executive Director of the management board of Lagos International Trade Fair Complex at her Maryland Crescent residence.
The man of God who espoused the essence of the season to all gathered at the venue, hinted that peace, love, justice and tolerance are cardinals of Christmas as Jesus Christ is love.
According to the vicar Nigeria will be less chaotic if we imbibe the lessons of peace,love and tolerance which sums up the essence of Christmas celebration.
“The message of Christmas is a message of love that human being we are made in God’s image, so Nigerians should live in love, wherever you come from, north, east, south or west we should have love among us in Nigeria, we should live in peace and live well, Christ just came to us, he offered himself completely.
“Therefore I want us to know as Nigerians that God loves us as a nation and that love he has showed us in his son Jesus Christ who said we must That our lives in Love and
serve one another in love and make the love of God to multiply and increase in our daily activities.
“If we exhibit love in Nigeria we won’t
be having chaos and things will go on well,” The Vicar submits.
The host who also testified to God’s goodness over the years in her life, said that been a true Nigerian worth’s much more than gold,citing the influence of her northern affiliates from the Mile 12 market of Kosofe area as a very good pillar of support which played down tribal sentiment.
She went further to cite the importance of voting right in the coming 2019 general elections, adding that PMB is real.
“Regarding the coming election, it is going to be peaceful and you can see from the unset, what I am seeing that is making me happy is that the MDA’s most of us are not spending monies on campaign as it used to be and the President even said it that all MDA’s all civil servants should not spend money on his campaign.
“That is the impression that I have, he feels that his works will speak for him, for those who sincerely love Nigeria, they should vote PMB for he is real,from PMB because I am
his daughter we wish you merry Christmas and happy New Year.
The carol, which witnessed a huge turn out of members of the church, friends and well wishers of the host associates.
The carol was officiated by the Vicar of the Church, Reverend Canon Gbekeloluwa Odusanya and assisted by Revs. Dare Adelusi and Femi Agbolade.
The husband of the host, Chief Ajayi , read the first passage of the evening followed by the second read by the host.
There were free Christmas hats for all courtesy the host,with soul lifting hymns to commemorate the yuletide season was rendered by the members of the church while the current Miss Lagos State University, Miss James Esther, rendered popular Christmas songs to the admiration of all.
There was lot for all to eat and drink while the vicar prayed for a peaceful and hitch free journey into 2019 for Nigerians and Nigeria.