Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Memorial of Our Lady Wey Dey Sorrow
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Na Jesus mama, His mama sister, Mary wey be Clopas wife, and Mary Magdalene stand near Jesus cross. John 19:25
Our Blessed Mama, wey be the Mama of God Son, love her Son with perfect love. She show every good quality perfectly for her life. The love wey she get for her Son pass anything wey we fit ever imagine. She conceive Him through miracle, carry Him for her womb, born Him, breastfeed Him, raise Him and love Him throughout His life. E hard even to imagine how deep and beautiful the love wey she get for Jesus be. Normally, mama love get power, e no dey shake, e deep and e full of tenderness. Try imagine Mama Mary Immaculate Heart and the wonderful depth of love wey dey alive for her heart.
Still imagine wetin happen for the Gospel passage wey we quote above. This mama wey full of love stand for the foot of the Cross, dey look her Son wey dem crucify, and she continue to show every good quality of a mama. And because e hard to understand how deep her love for her Son be, e still very hard to imagine how deep the sorrow and inner suffering wey she endure be as she watch the cruel things wey dem dey do Jesus. All wetin she fit do for that moment na to stand by Him and stay with Him for this time of terrible agony. For that moment, she show her love as she remain faithful to Him.
Wetin beautiful to know be say love, sorrow, compassion and suffering join together as one inside her Immaculate Heart. Inside her beautiful heart, every kind of human feeling dey, and God grace give them strength, so that she fit give her Son the greatest gift wey she get: her motherhood. She be true mama throughout her life, and for this moment, as her Son hang for the Cross, she show her motherhood for the most perfect way wey human being fit show am.
All of us dey long for another person to love us. To give love and receive love na the greatest gift wey we fit give and receive. Na for love God make us, and na love dey make our life full and complete. We fit dey sure say as Mama Mary stand for the foot of the Cross, her human heart experience the greatest fulfilment wey anybody don ever know. Her heart get this fulfilment because she show her motherly love perfectly.
Today, look well at the image of the Mama of God. Think deeply, especially, about all wetin she for don experience inside her human heart. Even though theologians fit write plenty books about this meditation, the best way to understand her heart wey full of love na to pray as you meditate. Ask our Blessed Mama to show you her heart today. Find some time to sidon for silent adoration of this holy image of perfect motherly love. As you dey do am, know two things. First, know say Mama Mary get this same deep love for you. No doubt am. Her heart dey burn with compassion as she dey look you, even when you dey inside your sin. Second, know say the love of our Blessed Mama must still fill your heart and overflow enter other people life. All of us must allow her compassion, care, faithfulness and mercy to flow through our hearts. Who you need to love with the heart of our Blessed Mama? Seek to receive the love wey dey the heart of the Mama of God, and seek to give that love. Receive am inside you, then allow am to flow out. Truly, nothing for this world beautiful pass this holy image of love or fit make us marvel with deep reverence pass am.
My Immaculate Mama wey Full of Sorrow, you stand for the foot of your Son Cross with perfect motherly love. Your heart full of sorrow wey mix with every holy good quality. Pray for me make I understand this love more fully, so that I too fit open my own heart to your love. As I dey do this, I pray make I become instrument of the love wey dey your heart for the people for my life wey dey suffer and wey need tender compassion and mercy pass. Mary Heart wey Full of Sorrow, pray for us. Jesus, na You I trust.
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