September 6, 2022
Tuesday for Week Twenty-Three for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
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Jesus go mountain to pray, and He spend di whole night dey pray to God. When day break, He call His disciples come meet Him, and from among dem He choose Twelve, wey He also name Apostles. Luke 6:12-13
For dat morning, after Jesus don spend di whole night dey pray, He make some very important decisions. He choose His first twelve bishops, di Twelve Apostles. E good to notice say na only after He don spend di whole night for prayer He make dis decision.
For one sense, no be say Jesus “must” pray. But He pray. He pray because na Who He be. Na Him be di Son of di Father, and His most important relationship na di one wey He get with di Father for Heaven. So, His prayer na something wey naturally belong to His divine life and wetin He be for His very being. To spend di whole night for prayer, apart from everything except His Father, na normal way for Him to show His perfect love and communion with di Father.
But di time wey He spend for prayer na also His normal way to prepare for di decisions wey He go make di next day. Again, no be say He need to pray before He fit choose well. Instead, His prayer na part of di divine process of choosing well. Na way wey He dey perfectly surrender His human nature to di will of di Father every day, so dat He go continue to live according to di Father’s will for dis world every day.
Jesus also give us wonderful example to follow. We, unlike our Lord, need to pray so dat we go know and fulfil di will of di Father. No be every day and every moment of di day we dey live for perfect harmony with God. So, while Christ’s prayer na earthly way to show say He dey live as Who He already be, our own prayer na to surrender ourselves so dat we go become who God call us to be. We must become Christ, as we dey strive to live for perfect communion with Him and according to di perfect will of di Father.
Today, reflect on how you need to spend time for prayer so dat you go enter deeper union with our Lord. Reflect especially on how e dey important to do dis before you make di different decisions wey you need to make for life. Pray before you act, and allow our Lord to be di One wey go enter your life and guide you according to His holy will.
Lord, give me heart wey dey long to dey with You for prayer every day. Help me to surrender my whole life to You every day without holding anything back. As I dey surrender my life, I thank You as You dey enter am and guide everything wey I dey do. My life na Your own, dear Lord, my life na Your own. Jesus, na You I trust.
Tomorrow we go begin:
Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows
September 7–15
More Reflections on the Gospel
Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
