Sunday, June 23, 2019

Solemnity of di Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

For countries wey Corpus Christi celebration happen last Thursday, scroll go down to see Sunday Nomba 12 for Ordinary Time.

Readings for Today

“Take am; this na My body.” Then He carry one cup, give thanks, and give them, and all of them drink from am. He tell them, “This na My blood of the covenant, wey dem go pour out for many people.”  Mark 14:22a-24

Happy Solemnity of di Most Holy Bodi and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, our Lord and God!  Dis Gift wey we dey celebrate today too great!

Di Eucharist na everything.  Na all things E be: di fullness of life, eternal salvation, mercy, grace, happiness, and so on.  Why di Eucharist be all dis things and plenty more?  To talk am straight, di Eucharist NA God.  Na so e be.  So, everything wey God be, na wetin di Eucharist be.

For im beautiful traditional hymn, “Adoro te Devote,” St. Thomas Aquinas write say, “With deep devotion, I dey adore You, O God wey hide Yourself, wey truly hide under dis appearances.  My whole heart dey submit to You, and as I dey contemplate You, e dey surrender itself completely.  Wetin eye see, hand touch and tongue taste dey deceive dem as dem dey judge You, but wetin ear hear alone don reach to make person believe firmly…”  Dis na glorious way to declare faith for dis wonderful gift.

Dis declaration of faith show say when we dey worship before di Eucharist, na God Himself we dey worship, wey hide under di appearance of bread and wine.  Our senses dey deceive us.  Wetin we dey see, taste and feel no dey show us wetin truly dey before us.  Di Eucharist na God.

Throughout our life, if dem raise us as Catholic, dem teach us to get reverence for di Eucharist.  But “reverence” alone no reach.  Most Catholics get reverence for di Eucharist; dat mean say we dey bend one knee, kneel down, and treat di Sacred Host with respect.  But e important to think deeply about one question for your heart.  You believe say di Eucharist na Almighty God, di Savior of di world, di second Person of di Most Holy Trinity?  Your belief deep reach to make love and deep devotion move your heart every time you dey before our divine Lord, wey dey present before us under di veil of di Eucharist?  When you kneel down, you dey lie flat for ground inside your heart, as you dey love God with your whole being?

Maybe dis one sound like say e too much.  Maybe you think say ordinary reverence and respect don reach for you.  But e no reach.  Since di Eucharist na Almighty God, we must use di eyes of faith for our soul see Him there.  We must adore Him deeply, as di angels dey do for Heaven.  We must cry out, “Holy, Holy, Holy na di Lord God Almighty.”  As we dey enter His divine presence, our hearts must move us to worship Him from di deepest part of our being.

Today, think deeply about how deep your faith for di Eucharist be, and try your best to renew am, as you dey worship God like person wey believe with your whole being.

With deep devotion, I dey adore You, O God wey hide Yourself, wey truly hide under dis appearances.  My whole heart dey submit to You, and as I dey contemplate You, e dey surrender itself completely.  Wetin eye see, hand touch and tongue taste dey deceive dem as dem dey judge You, but wetin ear hear alone don reach to make person believe firmly.  Jesus, na You I trust.

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Wetin We Lose Na Our Gain

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Sunday Nomba 12 for Ordinary Time, Year C

Use this reflection for countries wey Corpus Christi celebration happen last Thursday

“Because anybody wey want save im life go lose am, but anybody wey lose im life because of Me go save am.” Luke 9:24

You dey try every day to lose your life?  You dey try to let go of your life as completely as you fit?  At first, this kind question fit make you ask why person go ask am.  But this na one of the reasons why Jesus talk am like this.  Im words suppose make us pause small and ask whether this command make sense.

At first, because we dey quick to think only about ourselves, the first thing we go talk when we hear say we must lose our life na, “No, I no want lose my life.”  Jesus know say na so we go react, and this na one of the things wey make Am talk this way.  E want make we hear those words and allow their meaning to challenge us. 

Wetin e mean to talk say you must lose your life if you want save am?  E mean say you must ready and willing to let go of everything for life so that you go choose only one thing: wetin God want. 

To lose our life na one way to trust God pass ourselves.  Na way to live wey fully accept say God plan for our life better well well pass anything we fit plan by ourselves.  Na way to allow God enter and take control of every part of our life.  When we understand this well, and when we understand say God go care for us better pass how we fit care for ourselves, we no go hesitate to tell Am “Yes” for every way.

Today, think deeply about this simple question: I ready and willing to hand over every part of my life to God?  If you willing to do am, then take time to hand everything over to Am for prayer.  No hesitate, and no doubt the perfect love wey E get for you.  Na only when you let go of everything for life you go fit allow God give you plenty more.

Lord, I put my whole life for Your hand; I no hold anything back.  Help me see those parts of my life where I still dey think only about myself.  Make I trust You above everything and lose myself completely for You and because of Your holy will.  Jesus, na You I trust.

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