October 9, 2022
Sọnde Nọmba 28 for Ordinary Time (Year C)
Readings for Today
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“No be ten people don become clean? Where di other nine dey? Na only dis foreigner come back to thank God?” Luke 17:17-18
Na Jesus talk dis words after E heal ten people wey get leprosy, and na only one of dem, wey be foreigner, come back to Jesus to thank Am. All ten receive healing for di leprosy wey dey dia body, but na only one receive healing wey go much deeper. When e come back to Jesus with heart wey full of thanks, Jesus tell am, “Stand up and go; your faith don save you” (Luke 17:19).
Na only this one person wey get kuturu, wey come back with heart wey full of thanksgiving, hear our Lord talk these words: “Your faith don save you.” This one show say to thank God no be only our duty; e still dey bring blessings wey we fit see for our lives. When we sincerely thank God for everything wey E don do, we dey show great faith in God through that thanksgiving. We dey point to Am and His goodness as where our blessings come from, and na faith we need to see this one and declare am.
For wetin you need to grow more for thanksgiving for your life? Wetin you fit dey take as if e no mean anything, wey you never properly go back to God to thank Am for? The truth be say everything for life na gift. Everything. Even the struggles wey you dey endure fit turn to blessings. In fact, na exactly wetin happen for this story be that. The terrible suffering wey kuturu bring turn to grace from God.
Today, reflect on everything wey God don do for you. Pray make you understand all di countless ways wey God dey give your life His grace. As you dey see dem, think deeply about those blessings, count dem and give thanks for dem. And from dat thankful heart, go back to God with joyful thanks. As you do dis, your faith go save you too.
Lord, I truly thank You for the blessings wey nobody fit count, wey You don give me all through my life. I thank You for the ways wey You don give me grace, lead me and heal me. Help me see clearly everything wey You don do and still dey do for me. As I dey see these blessings, help me show my thanksgiving with faith every day. Jesus, na You I trust.
NA NEW!
Di Journey Inside Di Soul Towards God:
Reflections from Saint Teresa of Ávila
More Reflections on the Gospel
Reflection Dem about God im Mercy
Saints for Today –
Saint John Henry Newman (Memorial for England and Wales)
Saint Denis, Bishop, and Im Companions, Martyr Dem
Saints wey dem no celebrate as liturgical memorial this year because e fall for Sọnde
