Sunday, March 3, 2019
Di Eighth Sunday for Ordinary Time, Year C
Saint Katharine Drexel, Virgin – Memorial wey no be compulsory for USA
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“Good tree no dey bear rotten fruit, and rotten tree no dey bear good fruit.” Luke 6:43
For di other side, we suppose talk say good tree dey bear good fruit. Na this suppose be our goal. As Jesus talk say “Good tree no dey bear rotten fruit,” E dey teach us about di effect wey holy life dey bring, wey pass natural power. When we live life wey get im foundation for Christ, good fruit go come from our life. Na important spiritual principle be this, wey we need to understand.
We hope say all of us want live good life. All of us want make things better for our world and for other people life. But di main question wey we need to ask na: how we go do this? Di answer be say no be mainly to choose di good things wey we go do; instead, for di most basic level, we must choose to live life wey get im foundation for Christ, so that we go become “good tree.”
If you want bear good fruit and bring holy and good change for di world, then one main thing dey wey you need do. Work hard to become holy. To use di picture wey Jesus give, see yourself as tree wey dem plant for ground. See your roots as dem dey spread go far for every side. See yourself as you dey get nourishment and enjoy di Sun. And see yourself as you dey grow and flourish.
Na life of grace be this, and di result be say good fruit go come out naturally. You dey live this life of grace when you focus on your own health and di well-being of your spirit. You dey become this “good tree” when you do di basic things well. First, pray, pray well and pray with all your strength. Make prayer be di centre of your life. Second, learn your faith. Listen to di Gospels, learn everything wey God don reveal through di Church, read wetin di saints teach, and learn from other holy people. Third, live good sacramental life. Go Mass, celebrate di Sacrament of Reconciliation, understand di grace of your Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Ordination, and so on. Know say di Sacraments dey nourish you in powerful ways, and accept that nourishment with all your heart.
Today, reflect on di important mission wey dem don give you: to go out and bear plenty good fruit for our world. Na only life of holiness fit make this mission succeed. This holiness fit happen only when your roots hold ground well inside di life of grace. Accept this life of grace through di many ways wey God don put before you, and know say as you commit yourself to holiness, e go bring health no be only to your own soul, but also to di souls of people wey God go touch through you.
Lord, I love You and I give You my life. I pray make You plant me for di fertile soil of Your love and mercy wey plenty well-well. Help me make di life of grace wey You don pour on me nourish me and, as I dey grow for holiness, make my life bear plenty good fruit. Jesus, na You I trust.
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