February 28, 2022
Monday for di Eighth Wik for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
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Jesus look am, love am, come tell am, “One thing still remain wey you never do. Go, sell wetin you get, give di money to poor people, and you go get treasure for heaven; then come follow Me.” As e hear this word, im face change, and e comot with sadness, because e get plenty property. Mark 10:21-22
Two important things dey wey we need point out for this Scripture passage. Di first na how Jesus respond, and di second na how di rich young man respond.
Di passage talk say Jesus look am and “love am.” E important make we notice this line wey come before wetin Jesus call this young man to do. E call am to give up everything wey e get, give all of am away, and come follow Jesus. And na out of love Jesus invite am to do this.
Jesus dey invite this young man to gain plenty more than wetin e get now. Na why Jesus look am with love before E invite di young man to follow Am completely, for way wey go change im whole life. But for this case, to love Jesus go bring pain. Di pain na because, for am to follow Jesus, e go need sacrifice everything completely. E mean to give all, and e go change im life from di root. E hard, at least if person look am only with human and worldly understanding. But Jesus love this young man so perfectly that E dey willing to invite am to bear di sacrifice of everything, so that di rich man go fit gain plenty more.
We too get invitation to do di same thing. No, e fit no be say God dey call us to follow Jesus for this special way wey go change our whole life by giving up all di property wey we get. But God dey call us to follow Jesus with di same level of trust, and to surrender ourselves completely to Im divine will. And this one must surely require sacrifice. Sacrifice to di highest level.
How we respond when Jesus call us to be Im disciples dey very important. How we go answer this invitation to give ourselves completely? Di rich young man first respond with sorrow. E no accept di invitation wey Jesus give am. We no know whether e later follow Jesus completely for this way wey go change im whole life, but we know how e first respond.
Plenty times, na so we too dey first respond. We want remain faithful, and we want follow Christ no matter wetin E ask us to do. But when E give us clear invitation to answer Im call, we turn away with sadness, as we dey think say di invitation dey ask too much from us.
Today, reflect on this rich young man. Look your own life and think well about how ready you dey, and how willing you dey to tell Jesus “Yes” with your whole self for anything wey E ask you to do. To talk “Yes” even when e mean say you go make sacrifice na di best decision wey you fit make. In truth, e mean say you willingly accept di life wey get glory pass any other life wey you fit live.
My Lord wey dey ask much from me, sometimes to follow You fit look hard, like something wey go change my whole life. E fit look like say e too much. Help me, especially for those moments, to trust You pass di many things for this world wey I hold tight. Jesus, na You I trust.
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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.
