March 28, 2021
Palm Sunday of di Lord im Passion (Year B)
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Di people wey dey go for Im front and di ones wey dey follow am for back continue to shout:
“Hosanna!
Blessing dey on di One wey come for di name of di Lord!
Blessing dey on di kingdom of our papa David wey dey come!
Hosanna for di highest!” Mark 11:9–10
As Jesus enter Jerusalem for di beginning of di first Holy Week, di people welcome am with plenty joy, and E accept di love and devotion of di people wey welcome am. Na their King E be. Na di Messiah E be, and di welcome wey dem give am na only small gift compared to di true adoration wey E deserve. And even though Jesus enter Jerusalem with this glorious welcome, before one week complete, E go leave Jerusalem with heavy cross for Im shoulders, carry am go outside di city walls to die.
When we compare how Jesus enter Jerusalem for Palm Sunday with how dem arrest am, maltreat am, do fake trial for am, make E carry cross and die, e really be like say these two sides far from each other well-well. Joy and praise dey as E enter, but sorrow and shock dey as E dey leave. But for God im eye, these two events really different like that? As di Father for Heaven see am, di end of di week no be anything else but di highest point where di full glory of Im Son show.
Today we dey read di long and beautiful account of Jesus im Passion as Mark tell am for im Gospel. But for Friday, we go read di account for John im Gospel. Mark im Gospel tell di story with clear details, but di main thing wey John im Gospel go add na spiritual understanding say di time wey dem nail Jesus to di cross and E die no be anything else but di hour of Im glory. We go see Im Cross as Im new throne of grace, and di earthly glory wey Jesus receive today as E enter Jerusalem go show fully, as God see am, when E climb Im Throne of di Cross to take up Im Kingship wey go last forever.
As we enter di holiest week for di year, e dey very important make each of us see Christ im journey this week as wetin God dey call us to do for our own life. We must follow our Lord for di journey towards di glory of di Cross. As di world see am, di Cross no make sense. But as di Father for Heaven see am, di Cross no be only di source of di greatest glory of Im Son; na also di road wey we go follow share for that glory. We must die with am, sacrifice everything for am, choose to follow am, and no hold anything back as we make up our mind to lay down our life because of love.
Today, think deeply about di events wey you go remember and honour this week. Commit yourself to share for them, no be just to remember them for your mind, but to really take part for them with your life. How God dey call you to move forward and make sacrifice because of love? How God dey call you to get courage and accept di call to give your life? Try hard to see this week as di Father for Heaven see am, and pray make you also see di ways wey di Father dey call you to imitate Im Son. Make we go die with am, because na inside Christ im Cross we go discover Im glory wey go last forever.
My glorious King, You deserve all praise and adoration. Hosanna to You, hosanna for di highest! Draw me enter Your glorious Passion, dear Lord, and help me see di glory of Your Cross. As I see di glory, give me di grace wey I need to share more fully for Your life of sacrificial love wey dey transform person. Jesus, na You I trust.
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