October 19, 2020
Monday for Week Twenty-Nine for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Priest dem and Martyr dem; and their Companions, wey be Martyr dem—USA: Memorial
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“‘You wey no get sense, this very night dem go demand your life from you; and all the things wey you don prepare, na who go get them?’ Na so e go be for person wey dey gather treasure keep for imself, but wey no get riches for wetin matter to God.” Luke 12:20-21
This passage na the answer wey God give person wey decide to make worldly riches im goal. For this parable, the rich man harvest plenty crops sotey e decide to pull down im old storehouses and build bigger ones to store the harvest. This man no really understand say im life go soon end and say e no go ever use all the things wey e don gather keep.
The difference wey this parable show na between to get plenty earthly riches and to get riches for wetin matter to God. True true, e fit dey possible to get both kinds of riches, but to achieve this one go hard well well.
One clear challenge wey this Gospel give us na to remove the desire for material riches. This one hard to do. No be say material riches na evil; na just say dem be serious temptation. The temptation na to trust material things to satisfy us, instead of to trust only God. We suppose understand say material riches na real temptation wey we must keep under control.
Today, think well about your desire for riches. Allow this Gospel to challenge you directly about your desire for riches. Be honest and look inside your heart. You dey spend plenty time dey think about money and material things wey you get? Seek God above everything else, and make na only Him satisfy you.
Lord, I want make I truly get plenty grace and mercy, instead of plenty material things. Help me make I always put the things wey matter most first for my life, and make all my desires dey purified. Jesus, na You I trust.
More Reflections on the Gospel
Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
Saint of Today – Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Priest dem and Martyr dem; and their Companions, wey be Martyr dem
Image: The Parable of the Rich Man Wey No Get Sense, by Rembrandt
