Sunday, January 16, 2022
Second Sunday for Ordinary Time, Year C
Readings for Today
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His mama tell di people wey dey serve, “Do anything wey He tell una.” John 2:5
Dis short and direct talk from our Mama wey God bless tell us everything wey we need to know. “Do anything wey He tell una.” Wetin else we need to know for life?
Di hard part, of course, na to follow dat advice. E easy to believe am, to preach am and to promise say we go do everything wey our Lord talk, but to really carry am out and do His divine will na another matter.
Dat short advice dey call us to do two things: 1) To find out wetin Jesus want from us and, 2) To freely accept and do wetin we find out. How you dey do for dis two areas?
First of all, to find out wetin God want fit hard because e need make we use our whole heart pay attention to His gentle voice wey no dey force itself on us. God no dey force His will on us; instead, E dey invite us quietly and with respect make we listen. E dey wait until we give Am our full attention, then E go show us His will one step at a time. Yes, some things don already clear through di revelation wey God give everybody, like to avoid sin and to hold on to faith, hope and love. But when we ready to put those general commands into practice for our everyday life, we must ready to give God our full attention.
Second, make we understand say even when we don clearly find out wetin God want, e no always easy to accept am and do am. E want everything from us. E be “God wey dey jealous” because E want make we surrender ourselves to Am completely. Di good news be say if we dey willing to give Am everything with complete obedience, we go discover say our life go get complete fulfilment.
Today, think deeply about dis invitation with two parts wey our Mama wey God bless give us. Think about how ready you dey to listen to wetin God want, and how ready you dey to do His will, no matter wetin e be. If you ready for dis, you dey on di road to holiness.
Dear Mama wey God bless, thank you for your perfect words of wisdom. Help me to accept your advice for my life. Help me to know wetin your Son want from me, then help me to accept and do His holy and perfect will. Lord, I give You my life and I choose to surrender everything to You. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Book Wey We Feature:
Daily Reflections for Ordinary Time:
Weeks 1-17
Reflections for Every Day for Ordinary Time: Weeks 1–17 from the Catholic Daily Reflections Series na devotional book for every day wey get reflections on the Gospel of the day, for way wey person fit practise, wey remain faithful to the faith, and wey connect with everyday life. Dem arrange the eBook and paperback versions so that person fit use this book year after year. The reflections no get specific dates for Ordinary Time 2022; instead, dem cover every option for this liturgical year and the ones wey dey come, so person fit use this devotional book from year to year.
