Sunday, January 27, 2019
Di third Sunday for Ordinary Time, Year C
Saint Angela Merici, Virgin – Memorial Wey No Compulsory
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As many people don try put together di story of di things wey don happen among us, just as di people wey see dem with their own eyes from di beginning and serve di word hand dem over to us, me too don decide, after I investigate everything carefully again, to write dem down for you in di correct order, most excellent Theophilus, so that you go know say di teachings wey you don receive dey sure. Luke 1:1-4
St. Luke start im Gospel with this short explanation. This introduction to im Gospel give us di chance to look more deeply into di Holy Bible.
How you dey approach di Bible? How often you dey read am? How well you understand am? Na di Bible be di foundation of your life of faith and your knowledge of God?
Holy Scripture na gift wey pass wetin we fit imagine. Na gift from God, and through am E reveal di perfect love wey E get and di perfect plan wey E get for us. We suppose know di Scriptures well, read dem often, pray as we reflect on di verses, and allow everything wey dem reveal inside those pages become di foundation of our lives. Make we reflect on one particular part of Holy Scripture.
Di Bible na 100% di work of God and 100% di work of di human writer. We fit call am 100/100. This mean say di human writer cooperate fully with di inspiration of di Holy Spirit to write each book and letter. And God, for His own part, make sure say everything wey dem write come from His heart and inspiration. So, this work wey dem do together show say God use di human writer for divine purpose.
E dey very important to understand this for two reasons. First, e show say we suppose love Scripture because e reveal di heart and truth of God, and also di special personality and humanity of di human writer. So we dey benefit from di full revelation of God and also from di special gift of di human writer.
Second, e suppose show us say, even though God no go use us for di same way (that is, to add to di Bible), E still want use us for divine purposes. E want make di whole of our special human personality become His own, and use us to make di beauty and splendour of His divinity shine out. E want make we too cooperate with Am 100/100, so that E go shine brightly through us.
Today, think deep about two things. First, think deep about di gift of di Bible and how God take use di human writer to give you dis gift. Second, think deep about di fact say God want use you, even with all your weakness and sin, to bring His presence as God into your world. Open your heart to dat gift so dat you fit become a living gift of di Word of God to di world.
Lord, I thank You for di wonderful gift of Sacred Scripture. Thank You for everything wey You don reveal through dis gift and for how You take use di human writer to pass Your life on. Help me make I always open my heart to Your divine Word, and make I always dey ready to become di living presence of dat Word for our world. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
Saint wey we dey celebrate Today – Saint Angela Merici
