September 20, 2021
Monday for di 25th Wik for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Sts. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Fada, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and dia Companions, Martyrs—Memorial
Listen for English
“So, make una take care how una dey hear. Anybody wey get, dem go give am more; and di person wey no get, even wetin e be like say e get, dem go take am from am.” Luke 8:18
You get plenty? Or na small you get? As Jesus talk, if you get plenty, you go receive plenty more; but if na small you get, you go lose even wetin you get. This one look like wetin dey fair?
Of course, our Lord no dey talk about things of dis world. E no dey talk say if you get plenty money, you go get more, or say if you poor, you go poor pass before. Instead, Jesus dey talk about di grace wey dey come when person understand His holy Word. Notice say di passage above start with, “So, make una take care how una dey hear.”
To “hear” di Word of God mean say you truly receive wetin Jesus dey teach. To hear no be just to use your ears hear di words wey person talk. One of di early Church Fathers, Saint Bede, explain say when we truly hear di Word of God with our mind, e dey lead us to love dat Word, and to love di Word dey lead us to understand am. No be just by using our brain we dey achieve dis, as if na our natural gifts be di main way we dey take understand everything wey Jesus dey teach. Instead, e dey come through spiritual insight wey we receive by di supernatural gift of di Spirit, wey dey teach us all things.
If you want to understand di mysteries of God “more,” then make you commit yourself to use your mind take study di Holy Scriptures. Read di Scriptures, think deeply about dem and use dem pray. E easy to forget say di Word of God na Word wey dey Alive. Dis one mean say when we enter deep inside di Scriptures with prayer, na God Himself we dey meet for prayer. God dey alive inside His holy Word. We dey meet Am personally, and dis one dey happen only through one special grace wey we must open our heart to receive.
Di beautiful part of dis teaching of Jesus be say di more we understand His Word through dis grace, di more we go enter deep inside am, and e go continue to grow inside us. But if we give only small time to di Word of God for prayer, we go begin to “forget,” as person fit talk am, di spiritual depth of di wisdom of God. We go lose di small understanding wey we get, and when dis one happen, e go easy for us to follow and accept di plenty confusion and lies wey dey deceive people for our world.
Today, think deeply about how you dey meditate on di Scriptures with prayer. If you no dey do dis now, make up your mind to begin. You fit start with one of di Gospels and commit yourself to dey read am small-small every day with prayer. Di goal no be just to finish di books of di Bible. Di goal na to enter deep inside each book. Every chapter and every line get deep spiritual insight and understanding wey dey wait for God to give us and for us to receive. Commit yourself to dis holy practice, and di spiritual riches wey our Lord go give you go amaze you.
Word of God wey dey Alive, my Lord and my King, I thank You for di way You dey come to me and all Your children through Your Word wey dem write down. Fill me with love for dat Word so dat every day I go use my mind think deeply about di deep truths wey You reveal inside am. Make I meet You, dear Lord, and grow for understanding of Who You be and wetin You want reveal to me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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