A well-researched work Fr. Cornelius has put so much time, energy and skill into this book and it is my sincere wish that bishops, priests, formators, and seminarians get a copy of this book for both informative and formative study. I hope it will not just form part of our already bulky libraries but will be seriously and conscientiously read in view of formation towards transformation. A million thanks to the author for this soul-searching contribution towards an integrated formation for our seminarians in Igboland. If this challenge is taken seriously, the face of the priesthood in...

This book presents the priesthood as a call to love and to intimate relationship with God and with the Christian community. It powerfully articulates the elements that distract and detract from pastoral charity. It also offers invaluable insights on how to become fulfilled as priest as well as efficient and effective in ministry. Though focused on the priesthood, the lay faithful can gain a lot for themselves by interacting with the reflections contained therein. -Fr. Lawrence Nwankwo (S.T.D.), Secretary Bishop of Awka Diocese Whereas frustrated and unfulfilled priests harm themselves and the...

Times have changed. Gone are the days of widespread "child marriage." In those days, boys and girls wake up to their sexuality as married couples. Today, people marry as young adults, that is, when they had already ripened for relationship. This means that they are learning or had already learnt the difference between intimacy and genitality. This learning is a precarious process and Fr. Cornelius Okeke offers his thoughts as guideline for sailing through the troubles of this period of life. I am able to pick out three basic ideas from the book: first, that love, even that described in...

This is an apt, concise and candid analysis of marital loneliness. Fr. Uche has systematically exposed in this book, one of the root causes of lack of contentment in marriage and its attendant breakdown. This book will help prospective couples to gird themselves with requisite knowledge and thus safeguard themselves from falling into a typical situation of being married and yet feeling lonely. I'm particularly impressed with his style of writing and clarity of expression that conveys the intended message without innuendoes or any risk of misconception. Barr (Mrs.) Chinenye Ofoegbu Enugu This...

What has happened to our love? What went wrong? How did it happen? Where did those good feelings and the good times go? These and similar questions are asked by many people, almost every day, from one part of the world to the other. Sometimes they are asked with tears and a feeling of terrible disappointment or even despair. In this book, the author will guide you and your friend or spouse towards a deeper understanding of your experience and how to make the best of it.