June 26, 2021
Saturday for di Twelfth Week for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Priest–Memorial wey no be Obligation
(for different Church provinces)
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Jesus enter Peter house, and E see Peter wife mama wey lie down for bed with fever. E touch her hand, di fever leave her, and she get up come serve Am. Matthew 8:14–15
How we suppose respond well to wetin God dey do for our life? For di passage above, di example of Peter wife mama give us answer to dat question. Make we note say Jesus dey continually carry out His mission to heal people. In fact, before E reach Peter house, Jesus just heal di servant of one ofisa wey dey command hundred soldiers. When di ofisa come meet Jesus and talk say e no even worthy make Jesus enter im house, Jesus see di ofisa faith and heal im servant from far away. After Jesus reach Peter house, di passage tell us say plenty people bring those wey demons possess come meet Jesus, and Jesus heal all of dem. But between di healing of di servant and di healing of all those people, another healing happen. Di way di woman respond to dis healing give us one wonderful example.
Peter wife mama dey sick, and she lie down for bed with fever. We no know exactly how serious di sickness be, but wetin we know be say di sickness make her lie down for bed. First, notice say nobody even ask Jesus to heal her. Instead, E “see” her as she dey sick for bed, E choose by Himself to go meet her, E “touch her hand,” and she receive healing.
For di same sentence wey describe how Jesus heal her, dem tell us say “she get up come serve Am.” First of all, “she get up.” Make we see dis as sign wey show wetin we must do when grace touch us. When God give us His grace, dat grace must make us rise. We rise from sin when we confess dat sin and receive forgiveness, especially for di Sacrament of Reconciliation. We rise every time God enter our life to show us road, make things clear for us and give us hope. To rise mean say we receive strength to remove di load wey sin and confusion put for our body. We rise with strength, we become new again, and we make up our mind to do wetin God want.
After dis woman get up, she “serve” Jesus. Na dis be why we dey rise when grace touch us. God no give us His grace so dat we go return to our sin, pursue our own plans, or do our own will. We rise so dat we fit serve our Lord and do His holy will. For one sense, wetin Jesus dey do for our life put one holy load for us to carry. But na load wey light. Na duty to serve and give ourselves to our Lord, to attend to Him, to do His holy will, and to do everything wey E call us to do.
Today, think deeply about these three actions for di Gospel. As you dey pray, see Jesus as E dey come near you and touch you. Know say E no dey come meet you only because you pray to Him; E dey also come by His own choice when E see say you go respond. Then think about how you dey respond. Rise from wetin dey keep you down. Allow God grace to free you from di load dem wey you dey carry. And as E dey give you dis grace, make up your mind to serve Him and do only His will. Na to serve our Lord dem create us for, and as we dey do so, we go fit continue to receive His grace through His touch of love.
My merciful Jesus, You dey always come meet me, You dey come near me to stretch out Your hand and touch me with Your grace. You want make I receive healing and strength every day. Help me to open myself to everything wey You want give me, and abeg, free me from everything wey dey keep me down. Make I rise to serve You and do Your holy will, so dat Your Kingdom go grow more fully through me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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(for different Church provinces)
