I have powers of healing , says a Catholic priest in Anambra , breaks away from Catholic Church or ? Find out
In Anambra State, Catholic priest,
Reverend Father Ebere Magnus is making waves through the Canaanland Adoration
Ministries, known by most people as E-Dey Work Catholic Centre, Nnewi-Nnobi
Bypass.
Through his ministrations, many who
were faced with various spiritual challenges had experienced turnarounds in
their situations and testified about the healing and breakthroughs they got
after the priest prayed for them.
In this interview, Reverend Father
Magnus talks about how the ministry started and how it came to be known as
“E-Dey Work Centre.
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You have a ministry. Can we know the
name?
I don’t have a ministry. God is the
owner of the ministry and the name is Canaanland and Adoration Ministry a.k.a
E-Dey Work Catholic Family. We are under the Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese,
Anambra State.
Why did you decide to carve this
ministry out of the Catholic Church?
Well, we are still in the church and
working for the church. There is no such thing as carving out a ministry from
the Catholic Church. What we are doing is a call, and in the priesthood we are
called to serve. It is aimed at spreading the gospel. The gospel must be
preached in all parts of the world. What we are doing now is in response to our
calling. God calls in different dimensions. When He calls you, He assigns you
to what you should do for Him in the church. In the church, there are priests
who are good in administration, there are some teaching in the schools, there
are others in the parishes doing pastoral work and there are priests who are in
Catholic ministries like our own now, all in the Catholic Church.
Why did you give this ministry the
name, E-Dey Work?
Well, the name sounds strange. You
know that is Nigerian pidgin. People wonder how we came about this name. This
name arose from the testimony of an Anglican woman who came for our programme.
The woman had been suffering from a terminal disease for many years. She had
gone to many places without cure. So, she heard about our ministry and the
miracles God has been doing in our ministry. The woman told her husband that
she would like to go to the ministry and being an Anglican family, the husband
refused to allow her. When the husband refused, the woman sneaked out at night
and came to our programme. Then that night I lifted up the Blessed Sacrament.
As Catholics, we believe that when the priest has blessed the bread and wine
they become the body and blood of Jesus Christ and we adore the Body of Jesus
Christ. We adore Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. So, when I lifted it
that night I told the congregation that Jesus as represented by the Blessed
Sacrament is a mighty healer, and that we were there for Him, that any problem
any one had would be solved right away, be it sickness or whatever. The woman
connected herself to the programme and got her healing that night. When she
went back home, there was no trace of that disease any more in her system,
after going for a test. During the next programme, she came for testimony. When
she was giving her testimony, narrating how the thing happened, about what I
said about the Blessed Sacrament that I lifted up, she said she told Jesus that
she was there to be healed. And she was healed. Sa as she was giving her
testimony, and being an Anglican woman who did not know what Blessed Sacrament
is, she started shouting “This thing here e dey work o, this thing here dey
work ooo.” So from there the whole congregation started calling the ministry
‘E-Dey Work.’ That was how the name came about.
Many Catholic priests are not as
spiritually powerful as you are. Where does your power come from?
Well, I believe that every priest is
powerful. You know, it depends on what you think about the priesthood. It is
the same anointing, the same ordination. So, the power is from God. All priests
are powerful. Talking about me, where my power comes from, I would say that my
power comes from God. And God is the one who gives power. Although we know that
Satan can give power, some people seek power from Satan. But all power belongs
to God. So, my power comes from God and whatever I am doing here it is not me
doing it, it is Jesus at work, not me. He is the one working because no human
being can do any miracle. No human being can heal the sick; God is the only one
that can heal the sick and do miracles.
Is that the reason you encounter
the devil without being afraid?
Well, the devil is not an issue
because all power belongs to God. Devil can be powerful, but the God I serve
is All-powerful. Since I am connected to my God, then I can’t fear devil.
How old is this ministry?
By His grace, we will soon celebrate
our third anniversary. But I will say that the ministry is as old as my
priesthood.
When did your calling manifest?
God calls even when you are still in
your mother’s womb. That is why even to Jeremiah God said before his mother
conceived him that He knew him and had appointed him to be a prophet of the
nation. Personally, even before I entered the seminary I had felt the calling.
After my training, I worked in parishes and people knew there was something in
me and I thank God for where we are now and I know that the future is still
great.
Can you remember the first miracle
God did through you?
Well, I can say that after my
ordination, I woman came to me. That woman was barren for many years. She came
to me that I should pray for her, that she believed that what she had seen in
me even though she had gone to many places God would use me to bless her. And
the woman was barren for about 15 years. I said okay, knowing who I am in the
Lord, I prayed for that woman. After two and a half weeks the woman called me with
joy, that her pregnancy had been confirmed; that was the first encounter I had
about miracles.
Why do people collect sand from your
prayer ground?
God has been using the sand here to
do mighty things in this place. You know, sand somehow is valueless. But God
uses things that are valueless most of the time to do miracles. The sand here
has been a very powerful instrument of healing. Many people have given many
testimonies about restoration, healing, even about the dead coming back to life
in this place. The sand of this place has even healed people of cancer of the
breast and so many things. So, God is using the sand to do lot of miracles.
How do you manage your anger?
As a human being, you know, there
are things that can aggravate miracles. When you are angry, as a person, it is
because something is not going the way it should go because when the devil has
come to plant his own seed, as a child of God and the calling I’m into, I
always deal with that manipulation. So, my anger is always towards the devil,
against what he is doing in the lives of people. Whenever I speak in that
mood, God picks it up, He takes it, you know, because I’m working for God. Like
Christ Himself, the Bible says when He saw the fig tree that was supposed to
produce fruits but was not producing, Jesus Christ cursed the fig tree in anger
and it began to wither. So, the anger is not towards what is right but what is
wrong.
Many priests get tempted in one way
or another. Do you get tempted too?
Well you know we are still in the world,
and because of that temptations must come. Actually, the issue is not about
being tempted. The main issue is falling to the temptation. The issue is how
you react to temptation. Now, if you ask me whether I have been tempted
before, I will tell you that as a human being, yes. But the question should be
what my reaction was. And when I’m tempted, first of all, I know the truth,
what is good and what is bad, what is right and what is wrong. Knowing that the
devil is at work, for the Bible says that the ‘devil your enemy is going
around looking for someone to devour.’ And the Bible says resist him. That
expression ‘resist’ means even though you are tempted, don’t fall to the
temptation. That is why the Bible says not by might, not by power but by my spirit
says the Lord. It is not by your power, it is not by your might but by grace of
God. That is why every morning I ask God to give me the grace to do His will.
And God is faithful. When you ask God for such you should also help yourself,
knowing full well that God is helping you and the grace of God is there. As a
human being you should try to avoid certain things. For instance, if I notice
that a kind of food is not good for my system, I won’t go close to the food. If
I know that staying with you now to discuss will lead me into temptation, I
will avoid the occasion – occasion of sin means where the sin happens. If you
can avoid the occasion of sin, you can avoid the sin.
Can you remember as a priest the
hardest time you have had praying for a particular healing or any other
spiritual exercise?
You see, I don’t perturb myself
about the outcome of my prayers, because I know very well that I’m not the
healer. God is the healer. So, I can’t say this is the most difficult experience
I have had. This is the mistake people make sometimes. When you are praying for
healing of people, even if nothing happens you don’t blame yourself because you
are not the healer. So, any time I’m praying for people for healing or asking
God for anything, I know that my own job is to ask and it is God’s own job to
perform. That’s why the Bible says, ‘Ask and you shall receive.’ It is a kind
of division of labour, asking and God giving. When you know the truth, you will
not be devastated when what you have asked has not come. God answers every
prayer but he knows the right time to answer the prayer.
What do you think can hinder
prayers?
The simple answer is sin. The
relationship between you and God matters a lot. You must be righteous, you must
be holy and you must have faith.
Is every healing, every miracle
from God?
God has the power to perform
healings and other miracles because all power belongs to Him. But as a person,
I can’t judge whether all miracles come from God or not from God. Again, I
tell people that anything that is not from God will not last. And anything with
God’s backing even if people are talking against it will continue to progress.
It will last because God has the power to do all things and He knows the heart
of every man. No one can ever deceive God because he is all-knowing.
I have powers of healing , says a Catholic priest in Anambra , breaks away from Catholic Church or ? Find out
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