June 30, 2024
Sọnde Nọmba 13 for Ordinary Time (Year B)
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E hold di pikin for hand, come tell am, “Talitha koum,” wey mean, “Small girl, I dey tell you, get up!” Di girl, wey be twelve years old, get up at once come begin waka about. Dis one surprise dem well-well. E give dem strong order say nobody must know about dis thing, and E say make dem give di girl something to chop. Mark 5:41–43
Jairus na di leader of di synagogue for Capernaum. For dat position, people go don put pressure on am make e stand against Jesus. But im daughter dey sick, and im daughter matter to am pass wetin di other religious leaders of dat time think. So e humble imself come meet Jesus by imself, fall for Jesus feet, come beg Am make E heal im daughter.
Jairus show im faith in Jesus two times. Di first one na when e ask Jesus make E heal im daughter wey dey sick. But di second one need even greater faith. As e dey follow Jesus go see im daughter, e receive di sad news say im daughter don die. When Jesus hear dis, E turn to Jairus come talk say, “No fear; just get faith.” E clear say Jairus answer dis command wey come from love with faith, and e trust say Jesus fit even raise im daughter from death.
As you dey reflect on di faith wey Jairus get, think about di struggle wey e must don dey face inside im heart. Di political pressure and di pressure from im fellow religious leaders—the scribes and Pharisees wey stand against Jesus—dey tempt am. As im daughter sickness dey worse, temptation dey come make e lose hope. And when e hear say she don die, di temptation to lose hope go don strong even more, as e be like say Jesus don come too late. But e no give in to all dis temptations. E continue to get hope and to trust.
When Jesus reach Jairus house, E see plenty people wey dey “cry and wail with loud voice.” When Jesus question di way dem dey behave as people wey don lose hope, E tell dem say, “Di pikin no die; na sleep she dey sleep.” But when dem hear dis, dem laugh Am to mock Am. E clear say di other people wey dey there no get di hope and faith wey Jairus get. So, e go also help you to use prayer reflect on how Jairus different from di other people wey dey there.
Di story end with Jesus raising di girl from death. After dat, E tell di people wey dey there make dem no tell anybody about dis miracle. Jesus no heal her because E wan become famous. E no heal her to prove to di people wey don lose hope and no get faith say dem dey wrong. Instead, di main reason why E heal her na because of di faith wey di girl papa show.
Finally, we fit clearly see Jesus divine love wey shine through Im human nature when E talk say “make dem give her something to chop.” Jesus no stand there dey expect praise from di people wey dey there. Instead, Im love and compassion shine through as E show concern say dis small girl must don dey hungry. Na Im love make Am attend to even dis small matter.
Today, reflect on how you for behave if na you be Jairus. Wetin you for do when people stand against you for spiritual and moral matters? You for turn to our Lord with trust and confidence? And when e be like say all human hope don finish, you for still hold on to your trust in our Lord? Pray make di faith and hope wey Jairus get inspire you, and commit yourself to follow im holy example.
My Lord wey get compassion, You answer di faith of Jairus, dis papa wey get love, with mercy and compassion. You encourage am to trust, and You pay attention to every small detail. Abeg, give me faith like im own, so dat I no go ever lose hope for life, but go always put my hope for You. Jesus, na You I trust.
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