June 27, 2020
Satide for Week 12 for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor—Memorial Wey No Be Compulsory
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“Lord, I no worthy make You enter under my roof; just talk di word, and my servant go well.” Matthew 8:8
We dey repeat dis words wey we know well every time we dey prepare to receive Holy Communion. Na words of deep humility and trust from di Roman Centurion wey ask Jesus make E heal im servant from far.
Dis man faith touch Jesus, and E talk say, “I never find faith like dis for anybody for Israel.” E good make we reflect well on dis man faith as example for our own faith.
First, make we look at im humility. Di centurion accept say e “no worthy” make Jesus come im house. Na true. None of us worthy of dis kind great grace. Di house wey dis one dey refer to for spiritual life na our soul. We no worthy make Jesus come into our soul to make there His home. At first, e fit hard to accept dis one. We really no worthy of dis? No, we no worthy. Na so e be.
E important make we know say na so e be, so that as we humbly understand dis truth, we go fit also accept say Jesus still choose to come to us. As we recognise say we no worthy, di only thing wey dis one suppose do na to fill us with deep gratitude because Jesus dey come to us as we humble ourselves like dis. Dis man receive justification for di sense say God pour His grace on am because of im humility.
E also get strong trust for Jesus. And as di centurion know say e no worthy of dis kind grace, dis one make im trust even more holy. E holy because e know say e no worthy, but e still know say Jesus love am and want come meet am and heal im servant.
Dis one show us say our trust for Jesus no suppose depend on whether we get right to His presence for our life or not. Instead, e show us say our trust get foundation for wetin we know about His mercy and compassion wey no get end. When we see dat mercy and compassion, we go fit seek am. Again, no be because we get right to am we dey do dis; na because na wetin Jesus want. E want make we seek His mercy even though we no worthy.
Today, reflect on your own humility and trust. You fit pray dis prayer with di same faith wey di centurion get? Make im example guide you, especially every time you dey prepare to receive Jesus “under your roof” for Holy Communion.
Lord, I no worthy of You. Especially, I no worthy to receive You for Holy Communion. Help me to humbly recognise dis truth, and as I humble myself, help me also recognise say You still want come to me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Saint of di Day – Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor
Picture: Jesus dey heal di servant of one Centurion, by Paulo Fronze
