November 23, 2020
Mọnde for Week 34 for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint Clement I, Pope and Martyr—Memorial wey No Be Must to Celebrate
Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr—Memorial for USA wey No Be Must to Celebrate
Saint Columban, Abbot—Memorial wey No Be Must to Celebrate
Listen for English
When Jesus look up, He see some rich people wey dey put their offerings for di treasury, and He notice one poor woman wey her husband don die, wey put two small coins inside. He talk say, “Truly, I dey tell una, dis poor woman wey her husband don die don put more than all di others; because all those others give offerings from di extra wealth wey dem get, but she, even for her poverty, don give everything wey she get to take live.” Luke 21:1-4
She really give more than all di others? According to Jesus, she do so! So how dat one fit be? Dis Gospel passage dey show us how God dey see wetin we give, compared with how di world dey see am.
Wetin e really mean to give and to get generous heart? Na about how much money we get? Or na something wey deep pass dat, something wey dey inside our heart? Certainly, na di second one.
For dis case, di giving na about money. But dis one na just example of all di different ways wey God dey call us to give. For example, God dey also call us to give our time and talents to Him because of love for others, to build up di Church and to spread di Gospel.
Look giving from dis angle. Think about how some great saints wey live hidden lives give of themselves. For example, St. Thérèse of Lisieux give her life to Christ for countless small ways. She live inside di walls of her convent, and she no get much contact with di world outside. So, as di world dey see am, she give very little and no make much difference. But today, people count her as one of di greatest Doctors of di Church, because of di small gift of di story wey she write about her own spiritual life and di witness wey her life bear.
Dem fit talk di same thing about you too. Maybe na daily work wey look small and unimportant dey keep you busy. Maybe na cooking, cleaning, caring for your family and things like dat dey fill your day. Or maybe your job dey take most of your time every day, and you find say na only small time remain for you to offer “great” things to Christ. Di real question na dis: How God dey see di service wey you dey do every day?
Today, think deeply about wetin God call you to do for life. Maybe God no call you to go out and do “great things” as di public and di world dey see greatness. Or maybe you no even dey do “great things” wey people fit see inside di Church. But wetin God dey see na di acts of love wey you dey do every day, even for di smallest ways. To accept your daily duty with all your heart, love your family, pray every day, and other things like dat, na treasures wey you fit offer God every day. He dey see all these things, and di one wey matter pass na say He dey see di love and devotion wey you take do dem. So no accept di false idea of greatness wey di world get. Do small things with great love, and you go dey give God plenty as you dey serve His holy will.
Lord, I give myself to You and to Your service today and every day. Make I do everything wey You call me to do with great love. Abeg, continue to show me my daily duty and help me to accept am with all my heart according to Your holy will. Jesus, na You I trust.
More Reflections on the Gospel
Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
Saints for Today – Saint Clement I Also Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro Also Saint Columban, Abbot
Picture wey dey above: Di Small Offering of di Woman Wey Her Husband Don Die, by James Tissot
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