What Holy Mary’s Day Is All About For Celestial Church of Christ
July 7, 2017 / Alonge Michael / Code Of Conduct /
This is in commemoration of the appearance of Holy Mary to the Pastor on the 15th day of July 1977.
The significance of Holy Mary to the Celestial faith can be
traced to the earliest days of the Celestial Church of Christ; for the
one of the very first spiritual song (hymn) that was given to the Church
through one of the early prophetesses of the Church (WOLISATA) was the
spiritual song which reads thus
(Hymn No. 762 CCC Hymn Book):
“Enyin ara ‘nu Kristi : s: s: m: 1: s: –
E gbe orin soke d:m-s:-f:m:r:-:-
K’ e si gbo ohun ti d:s:-m:l:s:-d:
Jehovah nso m:s:-f:m:r:-.-
Ere di re te fi wa s:d:d:t:l:s:s
Ninu Ijo Mimo yi? iii:m:f:m:r:f:m:-:-
Ere di re t’e fi wa s:d:d:t:l:s:s:
Ninu egbe nla yi? m:m:f:m:r:f:m:-:-
Ki Maria iya wa s:d:d:t:l:s:-
Le e wa sin wa lo M:s:f:m:r:f:m:-:-
K’Eni Mimo rere yi s:d:-t:l:s:-m:s:
Wa ma sin wa lo ‘.’ f:til:r:r:d:-:-
Significantly, thirty years later, on 15th day of July
1977, the Pastor, in a trance, saw himself climbing a number of steps
until he got to a plane full of fallen leaves and sighted a fair white
lady clad from top to toe in blue apparel and standing in a posture as
if shielding something away from him.
Then the Pastor found himself descending steps until he
sighted a Church from which a Reverend Father emerged and bowed in
homage to him repeatedly.
Then the Pastor found himself ascending again back to the
spot where he earlier saw tile fair lady. This time, the fair lady
opened up to show that what she was shielding away earlier was a baby
having a crown on His head and she said, pointing to the baby:
“Jesu yi,
Emi Mimo ni,
Okan mimo ni,
Oba iye ni,
Eni ba fe sin gbodo tona to mo rekete”
Meaning in English
“This is Jesus Christ,
He is Holy in Spirit,
He is Holy in Mind,
He is Life everlasting.
Tell people that those who would worship Him must tread the path of spiritual cleanliness”.
At this juncture, the Pastor realised that the fair lady was Holy Mary. She repeated the injunction in song thus:
Spiritual song (Hymn) 637
“Jesu, Emi , mimo ni, d:-s:-:-:-d: iii:rn:m:r:-:-:-
Okan Mimo ni, r:d:m:M:r:-:-:-
Oba iye ni,
Eni ba fe sin Jesu m:s:s:s:r:ni:d:d:s:
Gbodo tona to mo rekete”. s:r:r:d:d:d:-:-:
Continuing, she told the Pastor that he should remain
undaunted by the colour of her skin because race is of no significance
in things of the Spirit. She added:
“Okan mimo re la nwo ti a fi ngbe inu re.”
Meaning: “It is because of your clean mind that we dwell in you”.
Almost exactly a year after the incident described above,
the Pastor fell ill during which it was spiritually revealed (also in
trance) that due recognition shall be accorded to Holy Mary in the
Celestial Church of Christ by commemorating the above incident annually.
In consequence, the Pastor declared first Friday of July
every year as Holy Mary’s Day to be observed by full congregational
Service throughout the Celestial Church of Christ all over the world.
The first observance of Holy Mary’s Day took place on Friday 7th July, 1978.
Please note that this year mark it’s 39th years of
celebration and not 40 years but 40 years on the 15th of this month
(July) 2017 when Papa Oshoffa received the injunction.
Happy Celebration Celestial Church of CHRIST
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