October 2, 2022
Sunday Nọmba 27 for Ordinary Time, Year C
Readings Wey Dey for Today
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“When una don do everything wey dem command una, make una talk say, ‘We na servant wey no bring gain; we don do wetin na our duty to do.’” Luke 17:10b
This command hard to follow for life. Most times, when we don do something well and do our duty finish, we dey want make people notice us and praise us. We want make people see wetin we do. Even though this kind reaction fit be “normal,” no be the reaction wey show humility pass. Humility get different levels, and the deepest level of humility dey allow person repeat this passage wey dey above and mean am from im heart.
First, we must understand say wetin God want good for us. E put duty of love for our hand. When we do wetin God want, make that one alone give us joy because e good. That way, na to do wetin God want go become where our joy dey come from, no be whether other people notice us.
For the other side, e good when we see goodness for other people and acknowledge am. Make we do this no be to make dem feel say dem too important, but to praise God for the good thing wey dem do. And when other people see and acknowledge say wetin God want dey happen for our life, we must accept their praise, no be as something wey go make us proud, but as sincere acknowledgment say God good and wetin E want dey happen. We must dey grateful say we fit do “wetin na our duty to do.”
To accept wetin God want as holy “duty” still dey help us do am more fully. When we see to do wetin God want as something wey pass ordinary, we fit no form the right habit to dey do am. But when we see am as our duty of love and as the normal thing wey we suppose do, e dey easier to accept wetin E want with all our heart.
Today, think deeply about this humble talk: “We na servant wey no bring gain; we don do wetin na our duty to do.” Try talk am, mean am from your heart, and let am become the foundation of how you dey serve God every day by doing wetin E want. To do so go put you for the “fast lane” towards holiness.
Lord, I be servant wey no bring gain. When I do Your holy will, I acknowledge say na holy duty wey love put for my hand, and na my most basic duty. Help me make I see Your will as wetin normal pass for my everyday life. Help me make I accept am with faith and obedience wey come from all my heart. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Saint for Today – Angels Wey Dey Guard Us—Memorial
We no dey celebrate am as liturgical memorial this year because e fall on Sunday
Main picture: Jesus and di centurion for Capernaum, through Wikimedia Commons
