Friday, March 25, 2022
Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to di Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Then di angel tell her, “No fear, Mary, because you don find favour with God. See, you go get belle for your womb and born one son, and you go name am Jesus. E go dey great, and dem go call am Son of di Most High, and di Lord God go give am di throne of David im father, and e go rule over di house of Jacob forever, and im Kingdom no go ever end.” Luke 1:30–33
Happy Solemnity! Today, we dey celebrate one of di most glorious feast days for di year. Today na nine months before Christmas, and na di day we dey celebrate how God di Son take our human nature for di womb of di Blessed Virgin. Na di celebration of di Incarnation of our Lord.
Plenty things dey to celebrate today, and plenty things dey wey we suppose thank God for forever. First of all, we dey celebrate this deep truth: God love us so much that E become one of us. Di fact say God take our human nature na something wey deserve joy and celebration wey no get limit! If only we understand wetin this mean. If only we fit understand wetin this wonderful event don bring about for history. Di fact say God become human being for di womb of di Blessed Virgin na gift wey pass wetin we fit understand. Na gift wey lift human beings reach di level of wetin be divine. God and human being join together for this glorious event, and we suppose dey grateful forever.
For this event, we still see di glorious act of complete submission to di will of God. We see this for di Blessed Mother herself. E good make we notice say dem tell our Blessed Mother, “you go get belle for your womb and born one son…” Di angel no ask her whether she dey willing; instead, e tell her wetin go happen. Why e be like that?
E happen like this because di Blessed Virgin say yes to God throughout her life. No single moment dey wey she say no to God. So, because she always dey say yes to God, di angel Gabriel fit tell her say she “go get belle.” For another way, di angel fit tell her wetin she don already say yes to for her life.
This na really glorious example. Our Blessed Mother “Yes” na wonderful witness for us. God dey call us to say yes to Am every day. And E dey call us to say yes to Am even before we know wetin E dey ask us to do. This solemnity give us di chance to say “Yes” to di will of God once again. No matter wetin E dey ask you to do, di correct answer na “Yes.”
Today, think deep about how God dey invite you to say “Yes” to Am for everything. Just like our Blessed Mother, God dey invite you to bring our Lord into di world. No be for di same bodily way wey she do am, but God dey call you to be instrument wey E go use continue His Incarnation for our world. Think deep about how fully you dey answer this call, then kneel down today and say “Yes” to di plan wey our Lord get for your life.
Lord, di answer na “Yes!” Yes, I choose Your divine will. Yes, You fit do anything wey You want with me. Make my “Yes” pure and holy like our Blessed Mother own. Make e happen to me as You want. Jesus, na You I trust.
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