January 11, 2021
Monday for di First Week for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
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Jesus come Galilee dey proclaim di Gospel of God:
“Na time for fulfilment be dis. Di Kingdom of God don near. Make una turn from sin come meet God, and believe di Gospel.” Mark 1:14–15
We don finish di Seasons of Advent and Christmas, and now we dey begin di season for Church calendar wey dem dey call “Ordinary Time.” We must live our life for Ordinary Time in way wey be both normal and beyond normal.
First of all, we dey begin dis season for Church calendar with one call from God wey pass normal. For di Gospel passage above, Jesus begin His public ministry as He proclaim say, “Di Kingdom of God don near.” But He still go on talk say, because di Kingdom of God don dey present in dis new way, we must “turn from sin come meet God” and “believe.”
E dey important make we understand say di Incarnation, wey we celebrate especially for Advent and Christmas, change di world forever. Now wey God don unite Himself with human nature for di Person of Jesus Christ, God new Kingdom of grace and mercy don near. Our world and our lives don change because of wetin God do. And as Jesus begin His public ministry, He begin use His preaching tell us about dis new reality.
Di public ministry of Jesus, as e reach us through di Word for di Gospels wey God inspire, dey show us di very Person of God and di foundation of His new Kingdom of grace and mercy. E dey present us with di call wey pass normal: to live holy life and to commit ourselves completely to follow Christ without shaking. So, as we begin Ordinary Time, e good make we remember our duty to put our whole self inside di message of di Gospel and respond to am without holding anything back.
But dis call to live life wey pass normal must, for di end, become our normal way of life. In other words, dis call to follow Christ with our whole self must become part of who we be. We must see wetin “pass normal” as our “normal” duty for life.
Today, reflect on di beginning of dis new season for Church calendar. Use am as chance to remind yourself how e dey important to study di public ministry of Jesus and everything wey He teach every day, and to think deeply about dem in prayer. Commit yourself again to dey read di Gospel faithfully, so dat e go become normal part of your everyday life.
My precious Jesus, I thank You for everything wey You don talk and reveal to us through Your public ministry. Give me strength for dis new season of Ordinary Time to devote myself to reading Your holy Word, so dat everything wey You don teach us go become normal part of my everyday life. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Main picture wey dey above: Sermon for the Mountain Wey Carl Bloch paint
