Satide, March 2, 2019
Satide for di Seventh Week for Ordinary Time
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“Make una allow di children come meet Me; make una no stop dem, because na people wey be like dem get di Kingdom of God. Amen, I dey tell una, anybody wey no accept di Kingdom of God like pikin no go enter am.” Then He embrace di children and bless dem, as He put His hands on dem. Mark 10:14-16
Jesus use children as example to explain how we must accept di Kingdom of God. We must accept am as pikin go accept am. No be with suspicion or doubt, but with open heart, joy and simple mind. But dis passage above still show us another truth wey no too obvious. E show di natural love and care wey good and proper, wey we must get for other people.
Di world wey we dey live in today dey turn more and more towards wayward living and human desires wey no follow right way. Lust dey control our culture so much that to see another person as something to satisfy our desire almost look normal. We dey see dis one clear pass for advertisements and for Hollywood. Sins wey concern sex don spread well-well, and dem dey affect plenty people so much that dem don become bound by these sins and no fit break free.
One sad result of dis na say e be like people dey lose di love and care between human beings wey good and proper. For culture wey don put too much attention on sex, we fit easily begin see everything from that angle, whether we know am or not. Because of dis, people dey lose understanding of di love and care between human beings wey good and proper.
For dis Gospel passage, Jesus talk say, “Make una allow di children come meet Me.” Di passage continue say, “Then He embrace di children and bless dem, as He put His hands on dem.” These passages show us di holy and natural love and care wey good and proper, wey Jesus get for these children and for all of us. But no be only children come meet Him. Di woman wey dem catch for adultery hold His feet tight too, and John di Apostle lean against Him for di Last Supper.
Di love and care wey we dey show each other must become pure and receive redemption, so that we go show am to others without selfish reasons and, most certainly, without sexual desires wey no follow di right order. When we fit do dis, just as Jesus do am, di embrace wey parent give pikin, wey one friend give another, wey husband or wife give their spouse, and others like these, go become holy and natural ways to show di love wey dey Christ heart.
Today, reflect on how di love and care between people wey good and proper na good thing. But reflect too on how our culture don full of plenty impurity wey dey cause confusion about dis natural way of showing love to each other. Pray make God continue to give you di gift of holy purity of heart, so that through your heart and di love and care wey you dey show, our Lord go draw plenty people come meet Him.
Lord, help me make my heart dey pure. Help me make I allow You to purify all di feelings for my heart, so dat You go shine through me. Free me from di temptations to think only about myself wey dey di culture wey we dey live inside, and instead, help me show Your love without putting myself first. Jesus, na You I trust.
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