Monday, May 31, 2021
Feast to Celebrate di Visit of di Blessed Virgin Mary
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Mary set out, travel quick-quick go di hill country, to one town for Judah. For there, she enter Zechariah house and greet Elizabeth. When Elizabeth hear Mary greeting, di baby jump for her belle, and Elizabeth, wey di Holy Spirit don fill, shout with loud voice say, “Among all women, na you God bless pass, and di fruit of your belle dey blessed.” Luke 1:39–42
Di beautiful feast wey we dey celebrate today show us two pregnancies wey happen through miracle. One happen as di Holy Spirit cover her with Him shadow. Di other one na di miracle wey make one woman wey don old get belle. Di Scripture passage wey we quote above show us how Mary and Elizabeth first meet and greet each other when Mary arrive. Mary don travel long distance to stay with her cousin for di last few months of Elizabeth pregnancy. And as she greet Elizabeth, another miracle happen. Di baby for Elizabeth belle, Saint John di Baptist, “jump for joy.” So, even before dem born am, John don begin fulfil di special mission wey na him own: to prepare di way for di Lord. For that moment, e do this by helping him own mama, Elizabeth, know say di Savior, wey be God, dey present inside Mary belle.
Think especially about di things wey these two holy women go don discuss during di months wey dem stay together. Even though Scripture only show us small part of their first conversation, we fit dey sure say this one na just small taste of di things wey dem go don discuss deeply with prayer. In particular, their conversations go don include how each of dem share di spiritual gift of joy with di other.
Joy pass ordinary feeling well-well. Na spiritual gift. No be only di experience of something wey sweet you; na di experience of knowing say God dey work for your life. When you see God dey work for wonderful ways, e dey make you thank Am and rejoice. This joy dey give strength and energy wey dey spread to other people and lift their spirit.
All of us must try hard to see how God hand dey work for our own lives, so that as we put mind for di things wey He dey do, joy go come too. We need joy. We need make this gift strengthen us, so that we go get courage and strength as we dey try every day to do wetin He want.
Today, think about how these two holy women dey bear witness to joy for us. Know say God dey call you to share this same joy as you humbly put mind for di ways wey He don bless you. If you see say joy no dey your life, think about where you dey allow your mind waka go throughout di day. You dey keep your mind for things wey don pass, things wey hurt you, problems and things like that? If na so, no doubt, these thoughts go lead to deep sadness and fit even make you lose hope. Try turn your mind to di things wey God dey do for your life. See di plenty blessings wey you don receive, and take time enjoy di goodness of wetin God don do. As you do so, you go rejoice with Saint Elizabeth and our Blessed Mother.
My holy baby Jesus, as You dey inside di holy belle of Your own dear mama, Your presence make her heart and di hearts of Elizabeth and John rejoice well-well. Help me see Your presence for our world and for my life, so that me too go full with di joy wey dey come as You dey come to me all di time. Jesus, na You I trust.
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