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Friday, January 1, 2021
Solemnity of Mary, God Mama
Di Eighth Day for di Octave of Christmas, January 1

Readings for Today

And Mary keep all these things, dey think deeply about dem for her heart.  Luke 2:19 

Today, January 1, we dey complete our eight-day celebration of Christmas Day. One fact about di liturgy wey people dey often overlook na say we dey celebrate Christmas Day for eight days one after another. We dey do di same thing for Easter Day too, and that celebration dey end with di great celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday.

For this eighth day of di Octave of Christmas, we turn our attention to this special and beautiful truth: God choose to enter our world through one human mama. Dem dey call Mary “God Mama” because her Son na God. No be only her Son body she be mama of, and no be only Im human nature she be mama of. Na because Jesus, di Son of God, na one Person. And that one Person take human body inside di womb of di Blessed Virgin Mary.

Even though to become God Mama na pure gift from Heaven, and no be something wey Mama Mary earn by herself, she get one special quality wey make her fit this role in a way wey nobody else fit. That quality na her nature wey no get any stain of sin.

First, God preserve Mama Mary from every sin when dem conceive her inside di womb of her mama, Saint Anne. This special grace na grace wey she receive from di life, death and resurrection of her Son wey go happen for future. Na di grace of salvation, but God choose to go beyond di limits of time and give her that gift of grace for di very moment wey dem conceive her. Na so He make her di perfect and pure instrument wey dey necessary to bring God into di world.

Second, Mama Mary remain faithful to this gift of grace throughout her life. She no ever choose to sin, she no ever waver, and she no ever turn away from God. She remain without any stain of sin throughout her life. Di interesting thing na say, na this choice wey she make—to always obey God will for every way—that make her God Mama more fully than just di fact say she carry Am inside her womb. As she remain perfectly united with God will throughout her life, this one also make her di perfect mama of divine grace and mercy, and God spiritual Mama forever, as she dey continually and perfectly bring Am into our world.

Today, reflect on these most solemn mysteries of our faith. This eighth day of di Octave of Christmas na solemn celebration, celebration wey deserve make we ponder am well. Di Scripture above no only show how our blessed Mama approach this mystery; e also show how we suppose approach am. She “keep all these things, dey reflect on dem for her heart.” Ponder these mysteries for your own heart too, and allow di grace of this holy celebration fill you with joy and thanksgiving.

Mama Mary wey I love so much, God give you grace wey pass every other grace. God preserve you from every sin, and you remain perfectly obedient to God will throughout your life. Because of this, you become di perfect instrument of di Savior of di World as you become Im mama, God Mama. Pray for me make I fit ponder this great mystery of our faith today, and make I continue to rejoice more deeply in di beauty of your motherly soul wey pass wetin person fit understand. Mama Mary, God Mama, pray for us.  Jesus, na You I trust.

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