Father Nnamdi Moneme: How True Is It That, “We Are Only Human?”

By Father Nnamdi Moneme, Integrated Catholic Life, Feb 27, 2025

Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV, is a Roman Catholic priest and religious of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary currently serving in the Philippines. He teaches theology and is a seminary formator for candidates to the priesthood and religious life. Father also gives Ignatian retreats and serves as spiritual director to many of the lay, religious, and clergy in the area.   …

“This lie that we are only human has great implications for our spiritual life and eternal destiny. The devil has been using this lie to enslave many of the faithful today who tend to forget or ignore the reality of our new nature in Christ and the power that we have for Christlike action that brings life to others.”

At the end of one of my talks to a lay group on heroic charity and sanctity, one of the attendees said to me, “You know, Father, I just cannot practice such selfless charity. Jesus can do so because He is God, but I am only human.” I cannot tell you how many times I have heard that last line.

Yes, we will always be human. We can never be divine like Jesus nor like the angels. But how true is it that we are only human? Are we left at the mercy of our natural powers alone? We will surely feel that heroic charity and sanctity are impossible for us when we come to see ourselves as only human, equipped only with our natural, sin-inclined, and wounded faculties of intellect, will, and emotions. …

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