January 22, 2021
Friday for di Second Week for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Day of Prayer for Law to Protect Children Wey Never Born—Memorial for USA
Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr—Memorial Wey No Be Obligation
(Dem dey celebrate am January 23 for USA)
Listen for English
E appoint Twelve, wey E also name Apostles, make dem dey with Am and make E fit send dem go preach and give dem authority to drive demons comot. Mark 3:14–15
Jesus first call di Twelve Apostles, then E send dem go preach with authority. Di authority wey dem receive na to drive demons comot. But how dem take do am? One thing wey worth to note be say di authority wey dem receive over demons connect, for one part, with di work wey Jesus send dem to do—to preach. And even though Scripture record some times when di Apostles command demons directly to comot, we suppose also understand say to preach di Gospel with di authority of Christ dey directly drive demons comot.
Demons na angels wey don fall. But even as dem don fall, dem still get di natural powers wey dem get before, like di power to influence person and put ideas for person mind. Dem dey try communicate with us to deceive us and draw us away from Christ. Di good angels too dey use this same natural power for our good. For example, our guardian angels dey always try communicate di truths of God and His grace to us. Di battle wey angels dey fight between good and evil na real, and as Christians, we must know say this battle dey truly happen.
One of di greatest ways to face satan and im demons na to listen to di Truth and proclaim am with di authority of Christ. Even though di Apostles receive special authority for their preaching, through Baptism and Confirmation, every Christian don receive di message of di Gospel as something wey dem trust am with, to proclaim for different ways. And with that authority, we must always try to make di Kingdom of God spread. As we dey do so, e go directly make di kingdom of satan reduce.
Today, think deeply about your duty to share di Gospel with other people. Sometimes, we dey do this by clearly sharing di message of Jesus Christ, and for other times, na more through wetin we dey do and di good character wey we dey show. But dem don trust every Christian with this mission, and every Christian must learn to fulfil am with true authority, as we know say when we dey use that authority from Christ, di Kingdom of God dey grow and di work of di evil one dey lose power.
My Lord wey get all power, I thank You for di grace wey You don give me to proclaim di truth of Your message wey dey save to di people wey I dey meet every day. Help me fulfil my mission to preach through wetin I dey talk and wetin I dey do, and to do am with di gentle but powerful authority wey You don give me. I offer myself to serve You, my dear Lord. Do with me as You want. Jesus, na You I trust.
More Reflections on the Gospel
Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
Saints for Today –
Day of Prayer for Law to Protect Children Wey Never Born—Memorial for USA
Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr
(Dem dey celebrate am January 23 for USA)
Picture wey dey above: How Jesus Call di First Apostles, by Domenico Ghirlandaio
