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November 1
No be secret say to die na law of life for all of us. We must die to the stage wey we dey, so that we fit enter the next stage. Small baby must “die” to the life of baby so e fit become child; child must “die” so e fit become teenager; teenager must “die” so e fit become adult; adult must “die” so e fit become old person; and old person must “die” so e fit enter the true fullness of life wey God keep for am. For each case, na to die so person fit enter new way of life.
November 2
Saint Francis of Assisi dey often talk about “Sister Death.” For am, death na natural part of life. No be something to fear. E make death im “friend.” As we dey pass enter eternal life, nothing dey lost. Instead, as Jesus promise, we go get life, life wey full well-well.
November 3
I don hear people talk say papa and mama be like big inner tube of tyre wey dey hold the family together. And after the parent wey remain don die, the children need to make clear, deliberate decision say dem want remain close to one another. E good make you share this with your children, together with your hope say dem go remain close to one another.
November 4
Most people dey move from single life to marriage, then dem become parents, then parents wey their children don leave house, then grandpapa and grandmama. For each stage, we want give God and the people wey we love the very best wey we fit give.
November 5
Jesus promise say, “I come so that dem fit get life and get am more abundantly” (John 10:10b). E want make we get life wey full well-well, both for here and for the life wey dey come. Every day, E dey give us more grace pass wetin we fit receive. For which area God dey call you make you receive His abundant life more fully?
November 6
You remember when Jesus return to Nazareth, the town wey E grow up? Dem reject Am! Dem limit who E be to wetin dem know about Am before, just one boy wey grow up for their town. But for Christ, and for us too, our past no be wetin determine who we be. God mercy and love dey make us new. Change and new life dey always possible. Open yourself to this, and welcome and support am for other people too. God dey alive—as long as we still dey breathe, E dey continue to bring new life to us.
November 7
One of the Scripture verses wey I like pass na Philippians 1:6, wey dey remind us say the God wey start the good work for your inside go complete am on the day of Christ Jesus. No be wonderful thing be that? E dey remind us say na God, no be we ourselves, start the work of salvation for our inside, and of course, the work never complete yet. So make you get patience and continue to dey faithful to Am!
November 8
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead na the strong foundation of our faith in eternal life. For im 1999 Letter to Old People (#15), Saint John Paul II talk say Christ “…na the first witness of eternal life; for inside Am, e dey clear say human hope full with life wey no go ever end. ‘The sorrow of death dey give way to the bright promise of life wey no go ever end.’” (See Roman Missal, Preface for Christian Death I.)
November 9
You no love this belief wey we get say God make us for His likeness and image? God Himself! I think say all of us no dey fully understand how wonderful each of us really be for God eye. Saint Catherine of Sienna see vision of one person wey bright light surround. For the vision, she tell Jesus say, “That one must be one of the greatest saints for the Church!” Jesus tell am say, “No, na just ordinary Christian wey God love dey wash all over.”
November 10
Saint Bernardine of Siena make this kind observation: “Old people get wisdom to judge well because dem don get experience, and dem don fall many times before dem come begin walk more steadily… And above all, dem find themselves for that age wey dey near death. Dem dey also thank God say dem no die for their sins, and say dem don get time to return to Am.”
November 11
Something dey about just to “behold”—to look well-well at the wonder of baby face or the glory of sunset for evening—as if time no dey pass. No be just to look without any feeling—that looking dey involve our whole self and dey fill us with joy. Imagine how e go be to behold God for all eternity.
November 12
I like this joke: “When I dey seventeen, I think say my papa na the person wey no get sense pass anybody wey don ever live. By the time I reach twenty-seven, I no fit stop to wonder how e take learn so much for just ten short years!” I think say na so our relationship with God be for plenty of us. At first, we think say na we dey in charge, na we dey decide wetin go happen. But as we dey grow old, we come understand say no be on our own terms we dey go meet God; na God dey always take the first step. And we dey learn to thank God for that and to surrender to His perfect plan for our lives.
November 13
Na true say we get body wey dey old and even dey weaken as body dey do; but we still be spirits wey no go ever old or die. Na there our hope and our joy dey.
November 14
Jesus tell the woman for well say: “If you know the gift wey God dey give and who dey tell you, ‘Give me water drink,’ you for don ask am, and e for don give you living water” (John 4:10). Na great invitation be that for us, make we dey ask God every day to give us the “gift of God” wey E don prepare for us for that day.
November 15
One wonderful word dey: “Wey person no fit fully share with another person.” E mean say something dey deep inside each person wey nobody else fit fully enter. Even if we want, we no fit ever fully express the deepest part of who we be to another person. Na for this inner place where we dey alone we dey meet Our Lord. Na for deep inside us God dey meet us.
November 16
“Make all of una wey dey labour and carry heavy load come meet me, and I go give una rest” (Matthew 11:28). Na God be the source of our life and the strength wey we need to live am! E dey give us wetin dey move us to live life fully, and the eagerness to enjoy the life we dey live. No live your life without Jesus Christ.
November 17
As we dey old, the Holy Spirit dey “strip” us. E dey remove all the false pictures wey we get about ourselves. As our power and strength dey leave us, God dey draw us nearer to Himself. We dey grow for humility. We dey recognise how we need Am completely. Our faith dey grow deeper. Na time of great grace be this.
November 18
Sometimes I dey think of our life as building wey supports dey hold up. As we dey old, those supports dey fall away small-small. Position, power, success, and the good way wey other people dey see us because those things impress dem. But as each support dey go, God dey come in. At last, we go be building (a life) wey depend completely on the One wey person fit always rely on—our Lord and God.
November 19
My mama get both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. For days wey the pain bad, she go talk say, “I no fit wait to reach Heaven and get my glorified body!” That kind thought dey give hope, no be so? As old age dey bring aches and pains, that “glorified body” dey become something wey we want more and more. I like to imagine my mama dey do cartwheels for Heaven.
November 20
Romans 5:5 talk say, “…hope no dey disappoint.” Na true. Our hope na for Heaven, to dey with God forever, but for this matter, na hope wey stand firm for Jesus Christ, wey promise us, and wey no fit deceive anybody and nobody fit deceive Am.
November 21
One good question we fit ask ourselves for Thanksgiving na this: “The great gifts wey God give me, dem dey draw me nearer to Am, so I go surrender my life more and more completely for His hand?” The purpose of the gifts na to bring us to the Giver.
November 22
Wetin we fit carry follow body go Heaven? Saint John Chrysostom talk say na only wetin we don give out! Whether na material things, our love, the kind things we do, or our acts of charity—e talk say na only these things we go fit carry follow body go Heaven.
November 23
“Days dey move slowly, but years dey fly pass.” Na talk wey people don talk tire, but na true, no be so? Still, both our days and our years full of God’s presence. Make we always live for that presence.
November 24
We no be Pollyannas. We know say sin, evil, and death na real things. But all of dem fit be overcome. For Christ’s Resurrection, all of dem, even death itself, don dey conquered. So we dey claim the protection of Christ wey rise from the dead.
November 25
Big difference dey between human hope and Christian Hope. Human hope dey think say I fit handle am by myself. Christian Hope stand on Christ’s promises and how E dey faithful to us. With God, all things dey possible.
November 26
One of the duties wey we get the privilege to do na to pray for people wey don die. Arrange make dem offer Mass for dem. Pray for their souls. The souls for Purgatory no fit pray for themselves, so think how dem go thank us when we meet dem for Heaven, if we don dey pray for dem!
November 27
We no fit save ourselves. But God fit save us, and E dey save us. E dey hold us for hand carry us go His Kingdom. As the Psalmist talk, “…his compassion dey cover everything wey he don make” (Psalm 145:9, RSVCE). If God will am and we reach Heaven, na because of the merciful love of our God.
November 28
One priest wey be my friend dey one shop wey dem dey sell foodstuff for Jerusalem. He hear one small boy dey shout for the next passage inside the shop, “Abba! Abba!” The boy dey call im papa—he no fit find am. Na so our God be. Na Him be our “Abba,” our “Papa” wey we love well-well. Na that name Jesus dey call His Father. And na the same name we too dey call Him.
November 29
Saint Bernardine of Siena get deep devotion to the holy Name of Jesus. Na wonderful spiritual habit for us too. As you dey go through your day, just dey talk often, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!” Power and protection dey inside that holy Name. Use am especially when temptation come. Satan dey run comot when dem call the holy Name of Jesus.
November 30
Good advice: Pray as if na Christ everything depend on; work as if na you everything depend on. Na true. Na only Christ fit save us, but He still need our “yes,” make we cooperate with Him.
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