Dem Don Consecrate Dem Inside Truth

(For plenty dioceses, dem dey celebrate di Solemnity of di Ascension today. If una dey celebrate di Ascension for una diocese today, see di reflection from di Thursday wey just pass.)

May 16, 2021
Di Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year B)
Di Readings for Today

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“Consecrate dem inside di truth. Your word na truth. Just as You send me enter di world, na so I send dem enter di world. And I consecrate myself for dia sake, so dat dem too fit receive consecration inside truth.” John 17:17–19 (Year B)

Wetin e mean to “consecrate” something or person? Of course, consecration na word wey we sabi well for our faith. We dey talk about how dem dey consecrate bread and wine, and dem go become di Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus our Lord. Di consecration of bread and wine, wey be only earthly substances before, dey change dem into God Himself. So, “consecration” na powerful word.

Another way wey we sabi to use dis word na for women wey God don call to enter religious life, so dat dem go dedicate demself to God as Christ wives. Dem dey become “Consecrated Religious” through di solemn vows wey dem make for dia whole life. Dem dey dedicated to God; dem don take dem out of di world and present dem to Christ for one special way.

Among di lay faithful, plenty people don consecrate demself to our Blessed Mother, or to di Sacred Heart, or to our divine Lord through another special kind of devotion. For all dis cases, to “consecrate” mean to dedicate, set apart and make holy. Another way to translate di word “consecrate” wey dey above na “make holy.”

To “make dem holy inside di truth” mean to use di truth make dem holy. Na dis prayer Jesus pray for di passage wey dem quote above. Dis line come from Jesus beautiful Prayer as High Priest, where He pray to di Father for His disciples and for everybody wey go later become His disciples—and you too dey among dem! Jesus prayer no only get power as prayer; e also get power as lesson about holy life. How we fit become holy? E simple. We allow di Word of di Father to consecrate us inside truth. For another way to talk am, we allow God holy Word to touch our lives, challenge us, change us, call us comot from sin, show us di way to Heaven and transform every part of our lives. God Word na di Truth, and we go become holy if dis Truth transform us.

For which ways you need di Truth wey di Father for Heaven don speak to touch your life? Which truths of our faith you especially need to know, accept, profess and believe? One of di best ways to answer dis question na to commit yourself to reading di Word of God deeply and with prayer. As you dey read di Scriptures with prayer, you go open yourself to everything wey God want reveal to you. And as God voice dey speak to you through His Word, He go invite you to change. His Word go fight di confusion and lies of di world and di evil one, and put you for di road to holy life, to true holiness and consecration deep inside you.

Today, reflect on di power wey di Word of God get to transform person. Reflect on how fully you don allow His Word to speak to you, call you comot from di world, set you apart for holy life and lead you towards Himself. To dey listen to and respond to di Word of God must become your spiritual food every day, and e must show you di picture of di glorious life wey God don call you to live.

My Jesus, Word of di Father, You na Truth Itself. You na di Living Word wey don come to set us free. Give me di grace wey I need to listen to Your holy voice, so dat Your Truth go touch me deep inside my soul and transform me into di person wey You don call me to be. I open myself to You, dear Lord, and to everything wey You want tell me. Jesus, na You I trust.