August 3, 2020
Monday for Week Eighteen for Ordinary Time (Year A)
Readings for Today
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Peter answer Am say, “Lord, if na You, command me make I come meet You on top the water.” Jesus say, “Come.” Matthew 14:28-29a
See the wonderful way wey Peter show im faith! As storm catch St. Peter for sea, e show say e trust Jesus completely: if Jesus call am make e comot from the boat waka on top water, e go happen. Jesus come call am make e come meet Am, and St. Peter begin waka on top water. Of course, we know wetin happen next. Fear full Peter heart, and e begin sink. Thank God, Jesus catch am, and everything come dey alright.
One thing wey catch attention be say this story show us plenty things about our own life of faith, and even more about how Jesus good. Plenty times, we start with faith for our mind, and we really plan to live by that faith. Like Peter, we often make strong decisions to trust Jesus and to “waka on top water” when E command us. But too many times, the same thing wey happen to Peter dey happen to us. We begin live out the trust wey we talk say we get for Jesus, but suddenly, our faith begin shake, and we give in to fear for the middle of our hardship. We begin sink, and we must cry out for help.
If we look am one way, e for good well well if Peter show im faith in Jesus, then waka go meet Am without im faith shaking. But if we look am another way, this story good just as e be, because e show how deep Jesus mercy and compassion reach. E show say Jesus go catch us and pull us comot from our doubts and fears when our faith fail. This story dey talk far more about Jesus compassion and how far E dey go to help us than about Peter lack of faith.
Today, reflect on any way wey you really plan to trust Jesus, begin follow that road, but later fall. Know say Jesus full of compassion, and E go reach out to you for your weakness, just as E do for Peter. Let Am hold your hand and use the plenty love and mercy wey E get make your weak faith strong.
Lord, I believe true true. Help me when my faith dey shake. Help me make I always turn to You when the storms and challenges of life be like say dem too much for me. Make I trust say, for those moments pass any other time, You dey there dey stretch out Your hand of grace. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
Picture: Saint Peter Wey Dey Try Waka on Top Water, wey François Boucher paint
