The Men's Club at All Saints Parish in Baltimore, MD, has hosted a yearly Crab Feast for the last 47 years, bringing people together from all over to enjoy local crabs. This year, Fr. Uju Okeahialam, C.S.Sp., shared a proverb from Nigeria. 

A lesson from the crab 
By George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic Review

Enjoying Baltimore steamed crabs at New All Saints’ Aug. 18 crab feast brought to mind an old Nigerian proverb for Spiritan Father Uju Patrick Okeahialam.

As the pastor tells it, there once was a crab that swam many mighty rivers and an ocean only to meet its end in the humble waters of an old woman’s cooking pot.

“It means that you must be so careful about the little things because the little things can be one’s undoing if one isn’t careful,” Father Okeahialam said.

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