The spiritual director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria, Ejike Mbaka, has apologised to the Catholic church over his mistakes in recent times.
While delivering his sermon on Sunday, Mbaka asked Callistus Onaga, bishop of the diocese, to forgive him and his followers for his comments and theirs which have rubbed off negatively on the church.
He also cautioned his followers against violence, after some of them broke into the diocesan cathedral on Wednesday when his whereabouts was unknown for some hours.
In his words;”Please within this tempting and trying times, I want to you to be focused, I don’t want you to loose your faith.
“I am a baby of the church, an ordained Roman Catholic priest that is Apostolic that is universal in nature with love.
“I don’t have problem with the Bishop but people wants to achieve it but I can’t allow it because I have something in me that will conquer all this trouble and that thing is the gift of humility.
“I can’t disobey the church — who am I? How can somebody who has been serving the church for 25 years come out to begin to fight the same church. Everything in my life is for the church,”
“I don’t want to give long stories about what happened”
Fr Mbaka also spoke on the destruction made by the protesting followers at the Bishop house.
“Mbaka continued: I wasn’t praising you because of what you destroyed but for your ability for you to search for your pastor. If any priest get missing or Kidnapped pls look for him.
“The church did not kidnap me, it was a mixed story and media hype. I wish to apologize to who ever heard my statement at that new haven. I did not clap for anybody for destroying anything.
” I hearf that the search for me was hijacked, people started to join and break things, both Igbos, yorubas,Hausas, christians and non-Christians, Catholic and non Catholic.”
Mbaka knelt down and said : “I am here here standing on your behalf tendering unalloyed sincere apology to the holy Roman and apostolic church, I say may the mother Church forgive us in any way we didn’t do it well, even in what I said, where I didn’t say it well, we beg for forgiveness. On your behalf I am kneeling down for the church to forgive.
“What has happened has happened, we are to save the Image of the church and the souls of the children of God. We cannot loose any soul for what has happened.
“I am here for soul saving, the church is not my property, I am here for the church.
“I am asking my Lord Bishop Onaga and all the Bishops of Enugu diocese for everybody to rest the case” Fr Mbaka pleaded.
The Catholic priest has been on a controversial political spectrum in Nigeria over his contribution to political issues.
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