ESCHEW LAZINESS IF YOU MUST NOT BE POOR, SAYS CLERIC
By David Okpala/Stella Okpala
The Parish Priest, St. Paul’s Catholic Church Akpo, Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Ubah has called on youths to eschew laziness, describing it as vehicle that drives to poverty.
He said this in a homily during Mass to commemorate 2026 Mother’s Sunday Celebration, at the Church, in Aguata LGA, on April 19.
The cleric said, “Laziness is reason why somebody that is not bad upstairs will believe that there is ritual that could make somebody get rich without working for it.
“These lazy youths pay money to getting these unclean rituals performed. They did not imagine that if this kind of ritual work the way they think, even the ritualist could have kept it for himself, children/children’s children to be born.
“Get rich quick syndrome (Ego Mbute) is a scam. Stop allowing them make fool of you. Riches are traced to hard work, honesty, integrity and fear of God. No deity, idol or anything created gives riches but God Almighty through hard work.”
The cleric enjoined mothers and prospective mothers to see marriage as a vocation, a divine call to serve God and humanity.
“Give good attention to children upbringing in order not to entertain heartbreak at old age. Devote time to making your husbands feel happy, live in peace with him to avoiding widowhood, “he admonished.
David and Stella are of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State