Saturday, June 12, 2021
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Saturday wey follow the second Sunday after Pentecost
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E follow dem go down, come reach Nazareth, and E dey obey dem; and His mama keep all these things for her heart. Luke 2:51
Again and again, Scripture show us say the Blessed Virgin Mary “keep all these things for her heart.” Which things? She continue to dey think deeply about the great mystery of her Son life, as His holy life dey unfold for her eye.
Mama love strong well-well. Plenty times, mama know the details of her pikin life pass even the pikin. She dey pay attention, give comfort, dey present, show tenderness and love. Na so Mary be to Jesus, her divine Son.
Mama Mary no know everything about all divine realities. As she dey live for this earth, she no see the Most Holy Trinity with her eye. She no know the Father plan completely. But she live her life with perfect faith. She also know plenty truths about Heaven and earth through her Immaculate Heart. Her heart full of every kind of good character. The love wey she take love, mouth no fit describe am. And the thing wey she especially dey think deeply about for her Immaculate Heart, again and again throughout her life, na the pure and perfect love wey she get for her Son. This love dey amaze her. Holy wonder and reverence continue to fill her as she dey relate with her Son, look His holy life, and watch as E dey grow for “wisdom and age and favour before God and human beings” (John 2:52). The love for her heart teach her too. As she dey think deeply about the perfect love wey her God put for her heart, she continue to know God more deeply. And this God, her Saviour, na her Son.
Today, we dey celebrate the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Even though plenty feast days dey throughout the year when we dey honour this holy daughter of God, this celebration na opportunity for all of us to think deeply about her heart wey dey ponder these things.
Human heart no be only physical thing; e still get spiritual meaning. Na the spiritual source of our love for God and other people. Na from our heart good character or bad character, love or hatred, generosity or selfishness dey flow. As we dey honour the Immaculate Heart today, God dey call us to look at the perfect example of wetin suppose dey inside our own hearts and wetin suppose flow from dem. Na every kind of good character, for its perfect form, suppose dey flow from every human heart for all time. And na our Blessed Mother heart go teach us how to make those good qualities part of who we be, so that we go become instrument of God love for other people.
Today, think deeply about the spiritual perfection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. As we dey for our fallen condition, perfection hard us to understand. But the more we look to the perfect example, the more we go desire am. And the more we desire am, the more we go attain am. Today, allow yourself to think deeply about the perfect heart as e dey inside the Mother of God, and ask her to intercede for you so that you go imitate her more fully.
Most Immaculate Heart of Mama Mary, you dey show us the perfect way to love your Son and to devote ourselves to Am. Intercede for me so that the love wey you get for your Son go fill me. Thank you for the witness wey you give all of us, and help us to imitate the countless good qualities wey flow from your heart. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us. Jesus, na You I trust.
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