President Michael Sata was among thousands of people who gathered at the Saint Ignatius Catholic Church to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ who died on Good Friday.
Easter holiday is mostly attended by Christians not only in Zambia but world-wide to demonstrating reconciliation with God. Jesus resurrected on Sunday morning after being crucified and dying for three days.
President Sata who arrived at the church at 14-50 hours stayed for over three and he left at 18-10 hours local time, watched a one-hour sketch performed by the church members depicting the death of Jesus Christ.
Mr. Sata also kissed the cross to symbolize homage to Christ. Other Christians followed suit in kissing the cross of Jesus.
Saint Ignatius Catholic Parish Church Priest Joe Keaney who presided the church service urged Christians to exercise love and unity during and beyond the Easter holiday.
Priest Keaney said vengeance is not for Christians but implored them to forgive one another because this is what Christianity is all about.
The mass was attended by some cabinet ministers among them Commerce Minister Emmanuel Chenda and Transport minister Chris Yaluma, Permanent Secretaries, senior government officials, Bank of Zambia Deputy Governor Dr. Bwalya Ngandu, former Commerce Minister in the Rupiah Banda administration Felix Mutati.
Others included veteran politician Aaron Milner, dedicated believers.
Yesterday, President Michael Sata urged Zambians to celebrate Easter responsibly and remember the plight of the less fortunate of our society.
In his Easter message, the President described Easter as an important feast on the Christian calendar.
The head of state reminded leaders to have love for everyone as that would help to keep the promises they make to the people and also help Government in stirring the country forward.
as we celebrate Easter, Christians should do so responsibly and be mindful of those less fortunate than themselves.
“Easter should be a time of good will and expression of unconditional love to one another. Let us love each other. This is the greatest teaching that Jesus left us,” President Sata said.
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my presido
..my Ecuadorian wife, woke me up, poured olive oil on my feet and dried off with her long hair. She asked me to make a sign of cross on her fore-head, mouth, and her breasts. I felt a new man, I think am born again today.
My question to Sata is what was your experience in your family , anything special?
Iye ine nostradamus nikumvelela chifundo! am sure you dont believe shes yours, i can only imagine ifyo ululenda lufuma kukanwa when you see her, congrates though, i have Eqadorian friends, they can be interligent man, i hope yours is just hoping she can teach you how to be calm and wise, pantu tapaba!
Your Presido my friend really is one big hypocrite.How can this man preach about love when his actions all point the other way.He is busy locking up his political opponents for the flimsiest of reasons and even mocks them.He calls Nervers as “jail master” after locing him up for greeting chiefs.I always wonder what pipo see in him coz so far he has proven to be the very opposite of what he claims to be.Ati allergic to corruption but sees nothing wrong with Namulambe Kabimba GBM etc.
Our president for sure. I like his style of leadership. appearing in papers and responding to HH and Mumba are not his priorities. There was a rule at ZNBC during MMD that the first 15 minues of news time should cover the president. This is no longer so, bcoz, its not the president who work to develop Zambia. It is us Zambians. Bravo PF
My president alive & well by Gods grace.
What well when even ZNBC were failing to get a clear picture of the moving corpse.
Just accept that the lord is calling and your man has to go alone. Each man by himself Baba!
Iwe Hara, our Sata is an infant epofye Mandela is a todler!
Thank you for appreciating Easter, now am requesting all political players including their parties to reconcile for sake of Mother Zambia.
Did Sata make any effort to visit Sakeni at UTH? Sata’s acts are not the acts Judas but of Peter, he is denying his troubled friends. Yesterday he said he didn’t know Sakeni was ever in hospital.
Makaveli, he has resurrected from state house where is has been hurried!
Am getting my Crane to Force HH into Church, does this chap ever goes to Church. Anyone against this move please quickly advice.
What is the point of going to church and then locking up innocent people.
Dear Christian, clearly you missed the plot about Christianity and in particular about good friday. It is not about kissing the cross and harassing and locking up innocent people. This is mocking God. God sees the true motive of a man, and he will most certainly punish Sata in equal measure. Watch this space.
Exactly my point.Why should Sata honestly even be going to Church?If i was a member of this church i would change churches.And to annoy us more he wants to lecture us about love.He has demonstrated nothing but hatred for his political opponents to a level never seen before in this country not even under KK then talks of love.
Not every Zambian is catholic. So find out what denomination HH is so you can find him getting into his church!! Maybe he is muslim, hindu, buddhist, watch tower etc find out and let us know
Lol….
Remember the old couple that wedded,making news that an old couple had tied a knot,HH was there.I saw him on T.V and it was at a church.
Nakumbwa, i miss those real Easter church services, the plays, following the cross, the beautiful vernacular songs, kuno nako everything is genetically modified, nothing is original, elo very boring, only the wine part is real, i attended a mass in the night, 15minutes into it, i fell asleep, ba Father kwati balelota pakulanda, kanshi yawning and struggling to stay awake was part of the deal this night, i miss zed when it comes to such things, chalelila mu church!
Nikwisa uko?ama flag aya yalabepa
Te apapene pa chawamasdale ku lusaka kaili naiwe! Hhehehehehehehehehehhehehe, nice!
Next we shall see our Presidentjoin a rock band on stage like Hugo Chavez did.
DO YOU FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT?
when you are reading stories on zambian watching dog, you would think sata is dying tomorrow.
Everyone will die one day. Wishing ones death is not good brothers and sisters. God bless your soul.
it is true you would think Sata is dying 2moro but its all bodza.this kind of envy can cause one to lose focus and paint everything good black.
So you think that puffing up is good milile?wait and dont blame the lord when it happens
So blogs are not worth posting. Brothers and sisters, if you have nothing good to contribute, please don’t write anything. Some comments just make you seen. Where is the editor? Most blogs need to be filtered out. Name calling should not be encouraged. May God bless Zambia .
Haters what is your story now that you ve seen sata in public.shame on you for trying to make people believe that the bigman is bedriden,the watchmbwa give us developmental news.
Why should he be playing a now you see him now you don’t game?are you not surprised that even you die hard supported when you see him it excites you and you thnk that is normal.
@Jack Jones Chingwere, these chaps have a very rudimentary IQ they wouldn’t understand the irony! Their very excitement when they see their chief in public is enough proof that things are not okay. You do not get excited or “prove” anything by doing something that is normal. Irony!
But the ZWD told you that he would be let out this weekend, so what’s the big deal? He will go back to bed after his easther chores!!
There is a lot of work to do at state house,mere public appearances are not a priority.There are hundreds of projects,new districts and old ones need attention,Zambia at large needs attention,just making up appearances in the media is not necessary and thats not Sata’s way of working,accept it
There have been 4 Presidents before the current one. No Presidents in Zambia or anywhere else hides from his own people. Presidents do not go into their second year without ever addressing the nation through an interview or a radio or television broadcast. There’s something amiss certainly!
EVEN IF HE DIED TEN TIMES. HE IS BETTER THAN THE REST OF THE OPPOSITION LEADERS. HE IS AN OLD MAN. AND TIRED. HE NEEDS A LOT OF BED REST. HE MAY BE SICK. BUT HE IS ZAMBIAS PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT 8-9 YEARS. THATS MY MAN. CHILUFYA. MAN OF THE PEOPLE. AM SURE HH HAS EVEN STOPPED CAMPAIGNING IN THE HOPE THAT SATA WILL DIE TOMORROW. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SHOCK OF YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE SHOW US YOUR MINIFESTO THAT IS WHEN WE WILL VOTE FOR YOU. NOT WISHING SATA DEAD. YOU MEAN YOU CAN ONLY GO TO STATE HOUSE OVER HIS DEAD BODY?
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX U DULL ZAMBIANS. IT IS TIME TO WORK AND NOT TO BARK AS U AND YO UNDER5 LEADERS ARE DOING.IT IS NOT TIME 4 APPEARANCES IT IS TIME TO WORK. HH AND MUMBA NEED THAT 4 THEY ARE NON ENTITIES. IT ALL GOES TO SHOW HOW UNWISE U ARE.
I thought most of haters,wanted to see in public,just like he used to do when in opposition.things have changed now,the president is busy working to fullfil the promises he made to the zambians.all you haters are just wasting time trying to paint the president a different colour,bwezi tried it but failed.kadansa was adviced to stay in the pact for him to be seasoned politician he didn’t take that advice,rupiah told him he was to be vice president if he wins the 2011 elections.I mingle with those that do the actual voting in chimwemwe ,kantanshi,wusakile ,chifubu,kawama,bwacha and matero sata is stil popular.
HE LOKS SHAKE ANYWAY IT CAN BE TRUE THAT THE MAN IS NOT WELL WE ARE USED TO BE TOLD ALL IS WELL WHN NOT GOD JUST HELP US IN POLITICS THERE IS MONEY
That satan is not popular at all! Bad man full of hatrade for UPND n MMD leaders he will fail in the same way his metabolism is failing him.
He looks ok for his age. Some of you young chaps even if its not HIV you never reach Sata’s age because of your drinking habits. You don’t exercise, you don’t run, lift any weight. All you know is insulting on a forum like this and on live radio programmes shame on you.
SATA IS A HUGE HYPOCRITE. HE USES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO PREACH “FAKE RECONCILIATION” BUT ORGANIZES TORTURE OF THE INNOCENT ZAMBIANS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH PREMISES. May be there is one God for Catholics and another God for other Christians, Moslems, Hindus and non-believers
Am sure this was not good news for HH puppies. they crave for bad news from state house about the only skillful forecast strategist president zambia has ever had.
What i dont understand is why HH succeeds from the death of others? He took over upnd after the death of that great son of zambia(AKM). Got his wealth from privatisation after sending a lot of our beloved people to their early deaths. Now he wants MCS to die so he takes over.
HH is still young, all he needs to do is get back to drawing board and plan/strategise not engaging himself and his puppies into wishful thinking of MCS dead. HH spends too much energy bitter.
Once upon a time, there was a minister of health who forced the Ministry of Health to corruptly pay for his private offices. Vice President then pushed for the minister’s prosecution but he was shielded by the then president. In consequence, the vice president resign from government. Does anyone know who this minister could have been? I seem to have forgotten his name!
Is this the man who was accused of being on his death bed? I really think not!!!
Yes after a good run on dialysis,plus strong pain killers so what, Zambia needs development not these PR rubbish.Last kicks of the dying cobra anyway lets wait and see a terminal disease is terminal disease deny it hundred times over it will still haunt in your bedroom with juju burning in some corner.Accept it you have peace and you are better off.
Lusaka Times, you need to be writing well researched articles. There is never Mass on Good Friday in the Catholic Church! Never has there been Mass on Good Friday!
Shame
Y CAN’T U UNWISE PIPO LEARN TO B WISE BY NOT BEING CONFROTETIONAL OR INSULTING?ESPECIALLY UPND CHAPS WHO ARE IMITETING ANYTHING EVEN IDIOCY.HH ND MUMBA WERE TOLD 1ST 2 BECOME WORD COUNCILORS. SATA HAS EVEN GIVEN AN EXAMPLE OF HIS SON. WACH THE SPACE.