April 27, 2023
Thursday for di Third Week for Easter
Readings for Today
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Na Me be di bread wey dey give life, wey come down from heaven; anybody wey chop dis bread go live forever; and di bread wey I go give na My Flesh, so dat di world go get life.” John 6:51
Wetin Jesus dey talk don dey stir some people for di crowd. Dem begin mock Am because E don talk say na Im be di “bread wey come down from heaven.” So, plenty of di people wey look for Jesus because dem hope say dem go get another free food through miracle begin grumble among demself and mock Am. Because of dis, Jesus begin talk even more clearly, and wetin E talk shock dem more. E even go further talk say no be only di “bread wey dey give life, wey come down from heaven” E be, but say people wey want “live forever” must chop Im “Flesh” too.
How you for react to dis kind talk if you dey among di crowd? Think about di fact say you for don just see, with your own eyes, di miracle wey Jesus do to make di bread and fish plenty. So, at least, you for don know say Jesus na special person. But how you for react to dis talk wey Jesus talk, “and di bread wey I go give na My Flesh, so dat di world go get life,” if you hear Am talk am that time? E fit well be say how you for react na di same way you dey react now to di teaching about di Eukarist wey Holy Pass.
Plenty people wey hear Jesus talk like dis fit don think say di talk sound somehow strange. Some for react strongly, while others for no really care. But some for react for completely different way. Some for hear Jesus talk these new words wey shock people, and dem for know say dem no fully understand wetin E mean, but dem for believe deeply because of di gift of faith. Somehow, deep inside their conscience, dem for know say dem really need to chop di Flesh of di One wey come down from Heaven, because na Im truly be di Bread of Life.
To believe in di Eukarist—to believe say these gifts of di Holy Host and di Precious Blood wey person fit touch and see na truly di Bodi and Blood, Soul and Divinity of God Son wey Dey Forever—na only through di gift of faith wey dey work inside person and change am that dis fit happen. Which other way you fit take believe dis kind teaching? Which other way you fit take believe say these words for today Gospel don come true? And say to receive di Eukarist wey Holy Pass na di way to life wey no go end? Di gift of faith in di Eukarist wey Holy Pass na di one and only way to understand, accept and deeply believe wetin our Lord don talk for dis Holy Gospel.
Today, think deeply about Jesus as E talk these words wey holy well-well for di first time: “…di bread wey I go give na My Flesh, so dat di world go get life.” As you dey pray and think deeply about these words, consider how deep your belief in dem be. How deep your faith in di Eukarist wey Holy Pass be? Di Eukarist na di fulfilment of dis passage, and our Lord wey be God dey invite you no be only to believe Im holy words, but to allow dis truth change you for ways wey pass anything you fit ever imagine.
My Lord wey dey present for di Eukarist, na You truly be di Bread of Life, and all di people wey chop Your Flesh and drink Your Blood go inherit life wey no go end. My dear Lord, I truly believe dis. I believe say di Eukarist wey Holy Pass na You, Your Soul and Divinity, wey You give me so dat I fit share in Your holy life. Give me di grace wey I need to make my faith in di Eukarist wey Holy Pass grow deeper, so dat You go draw me more fully into di joy of Your Kingdom wey no go end. Jesus, na You I trust.
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