Your Mama for Heaven

Monday, May 24, 2021

Memorial of Virgin Mary wey God bless, Mama of di Church
Monday after Pentecost

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Jesus mama, His mama sister, Mary wey be Clopas wife, and Mary of Magdala stand near Jesus cross. When Jesus see His mama and di disciple wey He love for there, He tell His mama, “Woman, see your son.” Then He tell di disciple, “See your mama.” And from dat hour, di disciple take her go im house. John 19:25–27

Di memorial wey we dey celebrate today, wey Pope Francis add to di Roman Liturgical Calendar for 2018, dey bring out di truth say Virgin Mary wey God bless no be only Mama of di Person of Christ, and because of dat, Mama of God; she still be Mama of di Church, wey mean say she be Mama of all di faithful. Virgin Mary wey God bless na your mama. And as your mama, she truly get gentle love, compassion, care and mercy, and she dey give you everything wey perfect mama go want give her pikin. She na mama wey get di strongest courage to protect her children, and nothing go stop her. She na mama wey give herself fully to care for you, her dear pikin.

Di Gospel passage wey dem choose for dis memorial show our Mama wey God bless as she stand for di foot of di Cross. She no go fit dey any other place apart from directly under her Son as He dey endure His final agony. She no run comot because of fear. Sorrow no overpower her. She no sit down dey pity herself. No, she stand by her Son with di perfect love and strength of mama wey dey devoted, caring, compassionate and faithful.

As she stand by her Son for di hour of His suffering and death, Jesus turn to her and put Apostle John under her motherly care. From di time of di early Church Fathers reach di latest teachings of di Church today, di Church don understand dis thing wey Jesus do, as He put John for Mary hand and Mary for John hand, to mean say He put all di faithful under Mama Mary motherly care. So, Mama Mary no be only Mama of di Redeemer, Christ Himself; she still become Mama of all di people wey He redeem, mama of all of us, Mama of di Church.

Think about di spiritual mama wey you get for Heaven. Mama na person wey dey give life. Dem don give your Mama for Heaven di work to give you di new life of grace wey di Cross win for us. And as your mama, she no go hold back anything wey go benefit you. Mama still na person wey dey treat her children with gentle love. Di Immaculate Heart of our Mama for Heaven full with di greatest gentle love for you. Even though she no dey caress you for body, her caress dey reach much deeper. She dey caress you with di gentle love of grace wey she dey give you as you dey pray and turn to her when you need help. She dey give you di grace of her Son, wey pour out for di Cross as blood and water burst out like fountain of mercy. Mama Mary dey pour dat mercy on you as mama wey get gentle love and devotion go do. She no dey hold anything back.

If you no know di love wey our Mama wey God bless get for you inside her heart, use dis memorial as chance to understand her role for your life more deeply. Plenty children no dey value their mama as dem suppose, because dem no fully understand how deep their mama love be. Na so e still be with our Mama for Heaven. We no go ever fully understand her love and di motherly work wey she dey always do for our life until we join her for Heaven, face to face.

Today, think deeply about Mama Mary as she dey stand by you for every moment of your life. See her there for your joy and your sorrow, for di times wey you dey face temptation and struggle, and for di times wey you dey confused and di times wey things clear to you. See her there by your side, as she dey give you every good spiritual gift when you need am pass. She na true mama, and she deserve your love and thanks.

My dearest Mama, you stand by your Son with faithfulness and love wey no shake. You care for Him, nurture Him, and you no ever leave His side. Me too na your dear pikin. I thank you for di loving faithfulness wey you dey show me, and I open my heart to di grace of your Son wey you dey give me all through my life. Help me make I pay more attention to your motherly care, and make my gratitude for your presence for my life dey grow every day. Mama Mary, pray for us. Jesus, na You I trust.