October 6, 2020
Tuzde for Wik Nomba 27 for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Sent Bruno, Fada—Ncheta wey no be iwu
Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Vajin—Ncheta for USA wey no be iwu
Listen for English
Martha, wey plenty work of serving don weigh down, come meet am and talk say, “Lord, You no care say my sister don leave only me to do all the serving? Tell am make e help me.” The Lord answer am say, “Martha, Martha, you dey anxious and worry about plenty things. Na only one thing dey necessary. Mary don choose the better part, and nobody go take am from her.” Luke 10:40-42
At first, e be like say this one no fair. Martha dey work hard to prepare the food, while Mary just siddon there for Jesus feet. So Martha complain to Jesus. But wetin surprise person be say, na Martha Jesus bring down small, instead of Mary. Of course, E do am with kindness and gentleness.
The truth be say Martha and Mary each dey do the special work wey dem get for that moment. Martha dey do Jesus great service as e dey prepare their food for Him. Na this work God call am to do, and the service for be act of love. Mary, for her own side, dey do her own part. For that moment, na to just siddon for Jesus feet and give Him her attention be wetin God call am to do.
For Church tradition, these two women don dey represent two different callings, and also two ways of life wey God dey call all of us to follow. Martha represent life of active service, and Mary represent life of deep prayer and quiet reflection. Life of active service na the life wey most people dey live every day, whether na through service to their family or to other people for the world. Life of deep prayer and quiet reflection na calling wey some people dey follow through life for monastery, apart from the outside world. Dem leave the busy world and devote most of their day to prayer and to stay alone with God.
The truth be say God dey call you to both ways of life. Even if work full your life, God still dey call you to choose “the better part” regularly. Sometimes, Jesus dey call you to follow Mary example, because E want make you stop your work every day and devote some time to Him and Him alone. No be everybody fit go spend time before the Blessed Sacrament every day for silent prayer, but some people fit. Still, make you try find at least some time every day to dey quiet and alone, so you fit siddon for Jesus feet in prayer.
Today, think deeply about your own call to prayer. You dey pray? You dey pray every day? If this one dey lack for your life, think about Mary as e dey there for Jesus feet, and know say Jesus want the same thing from you.
Lord, help me hear You as You dey call me to stop wetin I dey do and just rest for Your divine presence. Make I find time every day when I fit get new strength for Your presence. Jesus, na You I trust.
October na di month of di Holy Rosary
More Reflections on the Gospel
Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
Saints for Today – Sent Bruno, Fada and also Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Vajin
Picture: Jesus for Martha and Mary house, wey Erasmus Quellinus II and Jan Fyt paint
