WEDNESDAY 18TH WEEK IN
ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
1ST READING: JEREMIAH
31:1-7
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 15:21-28
THEME: PERSISTENCE IS A VIRTUE.
I was travelling from Nsukka to
Enugu one day. I entered pick and drop bus. At a point where it dropped to pick
more persons, a boy came to me to buy pear from him. I told him that I did not
need it. He continued persuading me to buy it. I ignored him but to my greatest
surprise, he did not go. At a point, I had to save myself that embracement and
bought the pear from him. I bought that pear not because I needed it but
because he persisted.
In the first reading, God said
that all that will survive the tribulations will enjoy his goodness. He is also
telling us today that if we persist in following him, despite all the troubles
of the world that he will bless us.
We can see the practical
persistence in the gospel. Persistence working and walking. Persistence
personified. The woman despite that Jesus called her and her daughter dogs, she
used one Igbo adage as a consolation, “Onyeocha kpoo mu ewu ma ya kwuo mu ugwuo
mu”. Jesus can call her anything provided she gets what she was looking
for.
We sing regularly “Mmiri
mara mu ebe mu n’ eso Jesu” but we do not live it out. There is always
a reward that follows those who persisted till the end. “The one who will
remain steadfast will be given the unfading crown of glory” (1Peter 5:4). Let
us ask God to give us the grace to be persistent in good things despite the
situations we may find ourselves. Thanks.
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