It was a moment of tears at Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria on Wednesday, as their Spiritual Director, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka addressed the Adorers.
Mbaka according to a video posted on their official Facebook page arrived the Adoration Ministry Enugu ground at Emene to address the mammoth crowd that has been gathering at the place since it was shutdown by the Enugu Diocese Bishop, Callistus Onaga.
The atmosphere became emotional when Mbaka told the his Adoration members that the activities remained suspended in obedience to the directive of the Bishop.
According to Mbaka: “I’m a priest of the Catholic Church and the Bishop is my father, I swore an oath to obey him and his successors. I can not do otherwise.”
Mbaka appealed to the sobbing members to henceforth, stop castigating the Bishop or Enugu Catholic Church but to pray and bless them. He also urged them to continue praying for Peter Obi because he’s one of them, their brother and friend.
“I have come to bless you and to dismiss you, I don’t want you to go to the main road. I don’t want you to be pugnacious or to be cantankerous. I don’t want the adorers to be violent. I don’t want Adoration people to be classified as bandits for we’re not bandits. We’re obedient children of God, we love the mother church and the mother Church loves us so much.
“We appreciate our Bishop and henceforth, I want to order everybody here, to stop Insulting the Bishop. We can’t forget all his goodness to us.” “…this is a time we show our Bishop love, speak good of him, don’t write anything negative of him. To insult the Bishop is to insult me directly.”
The Adoration members couldn’t control their tears when Mbaka said “I will never come out here for Mass until the Bishop approves it.” They asked him why? He replied “don’t ask me why, because I’m a Catholic priest, I have to obey.
They asked their spiritual Director to give them a date that they will resume their activities and Mbaka answered “I’m not the Bishop to give date, we are pleading and that’s why you have to pray that he gives us date. I have come to disperse you to go in peace, at least you have seen me.”
The Cries of “Bishop have mercy on us and give us a date (to reopen adoration ministry)! We can’t do without adoration oh! Tamper justice with mercy! Bishop we’re pleading!” took over the entire adoration ground as Mbaka tries to make his way out.
