July 7, 2022
Tọzde for di Week 14 for Ordinary Time
Di Readings for Today
![Peter Paul Rubens [Na public property], through Wikimedia Commons](https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/512px-Rubens_B116.jpg)
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Una receive am free; make una give am free. Matthew 10:8b
Wetin be di price of di Gospel? We fit put price for am? Di interesting thing be say we suppose put two prices for am. Di first price na how much e suppose cost us to receive am. Di second price na how much we go “charge,” so to talk, to give people di Gospel.
So how much di Gospel suppose cost us? Di answer be say im value no get limit. If na money matter, we no go ever fit afford am. Money no fit measure di value of di Gospel.
As for how much we suppose “charge” to give other people di Gospel, di answer be say na free. We no get right to charge or expect anything before we give people something wey no belong to us. Di Gospel message wey dey save people belong to Christ, and He dey offer am free.
Make we start with di second part of di Scripture wey dey above. “Make una give am free.” Dis one tell us say we suppose offer other people di Gospel without charging dem anything. But as we dey give di Gospel free, one kind condition dey inside wey no too show. To give di Gospel, we need to give ourselves. And dat one mean say we must give ourselves freely. Wetin be di reason why we suppose give all of ourselves freely? Di reason na say we don receive everything “free.”
Di simple truth be say di Gospel na all about di gift wey God give us completely free, and dis gift require make we give all of ourselves freely to other people. Di Gospel na person, Jesus Christ. And when He come live inside us freely, we too must become gift wey we give completely and freely to other people.
Today, think deeply about how you dey open yourself completely to receive di Gospel, and how you dey willing to give completely. As you dey understand and receive dis glorious gift from God, make e change you into gift for other people.
My Lord wey no price fit reach, make my heart open to You completely so dat I go fit receive You as di Gospel wey dey alive. As I receive You, make I too give You to other people through my own self. Jesus, na You I trust.
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