L-R: Bishop Isizoh, Marius Obiagwu, Mike Onyekachukwu, Cardinal Arinze, Pius Nweke, Godwin Okolo and Cyprian Ubaka.

          At 11.20am, we had a concelebrated Mass in our chapel. Cardinal Arinze concelebrated with some of the priests he ordained forty years ago. Present were: Fathers Godwin Okolo, Marius Obiagwu, Pius Nweke, Cyprian Ubaka. Mons. Michael Onyekachukwu, who clocked fifty years in the Priesthood, joined them. All of them had one thing in common: Cardinal Arinze ordained them Priests. For these priests, with St Theresa of the Child Jesus, I said this prayer:
O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;
for your tempted priests;
for your lonely and desolate priests;
for your young priests;
for your dying priests;
for the souls of your priests in Purgatory.
But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me:
the priest who baptized me;
the priests who’ve absolved me from my sins;
the priests at whose Masses I’ve assisted and who’ve given me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;
the priests who’ve taught and instructed me;
all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way, especially ____(Names)
O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart,
and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.
          After the Mass, we proceeded to the home of Gwacham Eloo and MauMau (my sister) at Awka, for lunch. Happy interaction.