May 26, 2020
Tuesday for Week Seven of Easter
Readings for Today
Saint Philip Neri, Priest—Memorial
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Jesus lift His eyes look heaven and talk say, “Father, the hour don reach. Give Your Son glory, so that Your Son go fit give You glory.” John 17:1
Na the Father dey give the Son glory, but na something wey all of us too suppose pay attention to!
First of all, make we understand say the “hour” wey Jesus dey talk about na the hour wey dem nail Am for Cross. At first, this fit look like time of sorrow. But, as God dey see am, Jesus see am as His hour of glory. Na the hour wey the Father for Heaven give Am glory because He do the Father’s will perfectly. He accept His death with all His heart so that the world go get salvation.
We must also look this matter from our own human side. For our everyday life, we must see say this “hour” na something wey we fit continue to accept and bring to fulfilment. The “hour” of Jesus na something wey we must dey live out every time. How? Na by continuing to accept the Cross for our life, so that this cross go also become time to receive glory. As we dey do this, our crosses go take on the way God dey see things, and dem go come share for His divine nature so that dem go become source of God’s grace.
The beauty of the Gospel be say every suffering wey we endure, every cross wey we carry, na opportunity to show the Cross of Christ. He call us to dey give Am glory every time, as we dey live out His suffering and death for our own life.
Today, think deeply about the hardships wey you dey endure. And know say, for Christ, those hardships fit share for His love wey dey redeem us, if you allow Am.
Jesus, I hand over my cross and my hardships to You. Na You be God, and You fit change everything to glory. Jesus, na You I trust.
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