August 19, 2022
Friday for Week 20 for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint John Eudes, Priest—Memorial Wey No Be Compulsory
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When the Pharisees hear say Jesus don make the Sadducees keep quiet, dem gather together, and one of dem, wey sabi the Law well, test am with this question: “Teacher, which commandment for the Law big pass all?” Jesus tell am, “Make you love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:34-37
“With all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This one mean say, with your whole self!
How love wey deep reach like this go show for the way we dey live? E easy for this kind thought to remain fine idea or sermon wey na only words, but to let the thought or sermon show for our actions no easy. You love God with your whole self? With every part of who you be? Wetin that one really mean?
This deep love fit show for plenty ways. See some qualities wey this love go get:
1) To Put Our Life for God Hand: To love God, we need to put our life for His hand. God dey perfect, so to love Am, we need to see say E perfect, understand this perfection, and live according to am. When we see and understand who God be, e mean say we must trust Am completely, without holding anything back. God get all power, and His love no get limit. We must trust God wey get all power and love without any limit.
2) Fire for Inside Us: When we put ourselves for God hand, e go set our hearts on fire! This one mean say we go see the Holy Spirit do wonderful things inside our souls. We go see God dey work and dey change us. E go pass anything wey we fit ever do for ourselves. God go take charge and do great things inside us, dey change our lives, just as blazing fire dey spread until e consume everything.
3) Actions Wey Pass Your Own Power: The result of the Holy Spirit fire wey dey blaze inside us be say God go use us do great things for the lives of people around us. We go see God dey work, and wetin E dey do go amaze us. We go see His wonderful power and His love wey dey change person with our own eyes, and e go happen through us. Wetin a gift!
Today, think deeply about how you dey love God with your whole self. You don give your whole self? You don fully commit yourself to serve our Lord and do His holy will? No hesitate. E worth am!
Lord, help me make I love You with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. Help me make I love You with everything wey I be. Inside that love, I pray make You change me make I become instrument of Your grace. Jesus, na You I trust.
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