February 27, 2022
Eighth Sunday for Ordinary Time, Year C
Readings for Today
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“Good tree no dey bear rotten fruit, and rotten tree no dey bear good fruit.” Luke 6:43
For di other side, we suppose talk say good tree dey bear good fruit. Na this suppose be our goal. As Jesus talk say “Good tree no dey bear rotten fruit,” E dey teach us about di effect wey holy life dey bring, wey pass natural power. When we live life wey get im foundation for Christ, good fruit go come from our life. Na important spiritual principle be this, wey we need to understand.
We hope say all of us want live good life. All of us want make things better for our world and for other people life. But di main question wey we need to ask na: how we go do this? Di answer be say no be mainly to choose di good things wey we go do; instead, for di most basic level, we must choose to live life wey get im foundation for Christ, so that we go become “good tree.”
If you want bear good fruit and make holy change wey go help di world, then one main thing dey wey you need to do. Work to become holy. To use di picture wey Jesus give, see yourself as tree wey dem plant for ground. See your roots as dem dey spread far and wide. See yourself as you dey receive nourishment and enjoy di light and warmth of di Sun. And see yourself as you dey grow and flourish.
Na life of grace be this, and di result be say good fruit go come out naturally. You dey live this life of grace when you focus on your own health and di well-being of your spirit. You dey become this “good tree” when you do di basic things well. First, pray, pray well and pray with all your strength. Make prayer be di centre of your life. Second, learn your faith. Listen to di Gospels, learn everything wey God don reveal through di Church, read wetin di saints teach, and learn from other holy people. Third, live good sacramental life. Go Mass, celebrate di Sacrament of Reconciliation, understand di grace of your Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Ordination, and so on. Know say di Sacraments dey nourish you in powerful ways, and accept that nourishment with all your heart.
Today, reflect on di important mission wey dem don give you: to go out and bear plenty good fruit for our world. Na only life of holiness fit make this mission succeed. This holiness fit happen only when your roots hold ground well inside di life of grace. Accept this life of grace through di many ways wey God don put before you, and know say as you commit yourself to holiness, e go bring health no be only to your own soul, but also to di souls of people wey God go touch through you.
Lord, I love You and I give You my life. I pray make I be like tree wey dem plant for di fertile soil of Your plenty love and mercy. Help me make di life of grace wey You don pour on me nourish me and, as I dey grow for holiness, make plenty good fruit come from my life. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Saint for Today – Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of di Church
Dem no dey celebrate am as liturgical memorial this year because e fall on Sunday
Main image wey dey above: Di Fig Tree Wey Dem Curse, by James Tissot, through Brooklyn Museum
Two very good books for Lent:
Reflections for Lent and Easter
We don update am for Lent & Easter 2022, with more reflections and Table of Contents wey give more details
Reflections for Lent and Easter na one of the four books wey make up the Catholic Daily Reflections Series. As book for devotion, e dey help person well-well to tink deep and pray every day. E get reflections on the Gospel of each day wey remain faithful to the faith, easy to understand, and useful for everyday life. The way dem arrange am, person fit use am for any liturgical year. E get reflections for every Gospel option, including Sunday Years A, B & C, every option for daily Mass, and all Feasts and Solemnities. Allow the death and resurrection of Christ to change your heart more fully this Lent and Easter! You fit also get am as paperback & eBook!
40 Days for the Foot of the Cross:
To Look with Love from the Heart of Our Blessed Mother
Through this book for daily devotion, dem dey invite you to use prayer think deep about wetin dey the mind and heart of our Blessed Mother as she endure the great suffering wey dem make her own dear Son suffer. Mother Mary face her Son Cross with perfect faith, love and devotion. She remain faithful to her Son throughout Im life without shaking. As she stand before the Cross during those three long hours, she no stop to dey faithful.
