June 9, 2020
Tuesday for di Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of di Church—Memorial wey no compulsory
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“Una be di salt of di earth…Una be di light of di world.” Matthew 5:13a &14a
Salt and light, na wetin we be. We hope so! You don ever think well about wetin e mean to be salt or light for this world?
Make we start with this picture for mind. Imagine say you dey cook one fine vegetable soup with all di best ingredients. Di soup dey boil small-small for hours, and di water for di soup look like wetin go sweet well. But you no get salt or other spices again. So, you just leave di soup make e dey boil small-small and hope say e go come out well. When e don cook finish, you taste am, but you no happy because e no too get taste. So, you search until you find di ingredient wey no dey before, salt, and you add di right quantity. After e don boil small-small for another half hour, you taste am again and you happy well-well. Wetin salt fit do dey amazing!
Or imagine say you go walk for forest and you miss road. As you dey find road to come out, sun set and darkness begin cover everywhere small-small. Cloud cover sky, so you no fit see stars or moon. About half hour after sun don set, you find yourself for complete darkness for middle of di forest. As you sit down there, you suddenly see di bright moon begin show from between di clouds. Na full moon, and di clouds wey cover sky dey clear. Suddenly, di full moon shine so much light for your road that you fit find your way through di dark forest again.
These two pictures show us how important even small salt and small light be. Just small one fit change everything!
Na so e still be with us for our faith. Darkness dey di world wey we dey live in for plenty ways. Di “taste” of love and mercy sef hardly dey. God dey call you make you add that small taste and shine that small light so that other people fit find their way.
Like di moon, no be you be di source of light. Na to reflect di light you dey do. God want shine through you, and E want make you reflect His light. If you open your heart to this, E go move di clouds for di right time so that E fit use you for di way wey E don choose. Your own duty na simply to keep your heart open.
Today, think well about how your heart dey open to God. Pray every day make God use you according to His divine purpose. Make yourself ready for His divine grace, and di way E fit use di small things for your life to bring change go amaze you.
Lord, I really want make You use me. I want be salt and light. I want bring change for this world. I give myself to You and to Your service. Jesus, na You I trust.
Novena to di Sacred Heart
Dates for di Novena:June 10-18, 2020
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Saint of di Day – Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of di Church
