Satide, January 7, 2023
Weekday for Christmas Season, January 7
Readings for Today
Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest—Memorial wey No Be Obligatory
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Im mama tell di people wey dey serve, “Make una do anything wey E tell una.” John 2:5
Dis short statement wey dey inside di story of di Wedding Feast for Cana give us plenty things to think about deeply. Na command wey come from love, wey our Mama wey God bless tell di servant dem for di wedding. Even though na those servants she first tell dis words, so dat Jesus go do Im first miracle and sign wey show say E be God, we fit dey sure say our Mama wey God bless dey tell each one of us di same words too.
“Make una do anything wey E tell una.” Dis command wey come from love really beautiful! When we hear dis words as she dey tell us, make we hear dem as di perfect guidance wey our Mama wey God bless dey continue to give us. Plenty times for life, na wetin we want do we dey do. Our strong desire and other desire wey no dey as dem suppose be dey pull us go here and there. We dey struggle with selfishness, and plenty times, we dey make bad choices for our life. Na so di sin wey we dey struggle with every day be. But if we fit listen to wetin our Mama wey God bless talk and follow am, as words wey come from her heart enter our own, then our life go get new direction.
To do wetin God want, we first need to listen to God voice. We must listen as our Lord dey talk to us. How well you dey do dis? Plenty thoughts dey often fill our mind, and plenty things dey easily influence us. No be only our strong desire wey no dey as dem suppose be, our feelings and our emotions dey confuse us sometimes; plenty different voices wey dey confuse person dey inside di world too. Di people wey we dey meet every day dey influence us for good or bad. So do di mass media, di things wey we dey read or watch, and even di evil one imself as e dey tempt us day after day.
If we fit try every day to remove di plenty voices wey dey mislead us from our life, and pay attention to God voice wey dey simple, clear and deep, then we don take good first step. But from there, we need to “do” wetin God ask us to do. To hear God as E dey talk fit hard, but to do wetin we hear from God fit even hard pass. People don talk say na good intentions dem take pave di road to hell. To mean well no enough. Di answer na to use all our strength do wetin God want.
Today, think deeply about dis question wey get two parts. First, I dey able to hear wetin God dey ask me to do every single day, or plenty other voices dey mislead and influence me? Second, how well I dey put wetin I know say God ask me to do into action? “Make una do anything wey E tell una.” Think deeply about dis statement, and hear am as true command wey come from di love of our Mama wey God bless.
Mama wey I love well-well, abeg tell me dis words every day. As you dey do so, abeg pray for me make I fit listen to everything wey your Son ask me to do, and obey Im voice with all my heart. Thank you for your perfect “Yes” and for how you obey God for everything. Make I learn to follow your example more fully every day. Mama Mary, pray for us. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Picture wey dey above: Di Wedding for Cana, through flickr
