Ibi ndu Uche Chineke

UGBU A OKWU NA MASS NA-agụ akwụkwọ
maka Mọnde, Jenụwarị 27th, 2015
Tinye Ememe ncheta maka St. Angela Merici

Ederede ederede Ebe a

TAA A na-ejikarị Oziọma na-arụ ụka na ndị Katọlik chepụtara ma ọ bụ kwubiga okwu ókè banyere nne nne Meri.

“Whonye bụ nne m na ụmụnne m ndị ikom?” O wee lee anya gburugburu ndị nọ gburugburu, ọ sịrị, “Lee nne m na ụmụnne m. N'ihi na onye ọ bụla nke na-eme uche Chineke bụ nwanne m nwoke na nwanne m nwaanyị na nne m. ”

Ma oleezi onye biri ndụ n’uche Chukwu n’ụzọ zuru oke, zuo oke, karịa n’irubere Meri isi, karịa Ọkpara ya? Site na oge nkwupụta ^[1]na kemgbe a mụrụ ya, ebe ọ bụ na Gabriel na-ekwu na ọ "jupụtara na amara" rue mgbe iguzo n’okpuru obe (ebe ndi ọzọ gbapụrụ), onweghị onye jiri nwayọ bie n’uche Chukwu n’ụzọ zuru oke. Nke ahụ bụ ịsị na ọ dịghị onye dị karia nke nne nye Jizọs, site na nkọwapụta ya, karịa Nwanyị a.

St Paul tells us that we too have been called to live as Mary did in the Divine Will.

By this “will”, we have been consecrated through the offering of the Body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Today’s first reading)

The mission of the Church is to evangelize the nations. But the destiny of the Church is to be conformed, at the end of time, to the Divine Will—to be ndụ in the Divine Will as both Christ and Mary did. This is the mystery that has been hidden for ages, revealed in these last times as the wondrous plan for the People of God. St. Paul revealed it in the pattern of Christ’s life:

Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him… (Phil 2:7-9)

The Catechism states that the Church ‘…will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection.’ ^[2]Catechism nke Chọọchị Katọlik, N.677 This is another way of saying that we will be conformed to the will of God. Pope St. John XXIII foresaw that the calling of the Second Vatican Council…

…prepares, as it were, and consolidates the path toward that unity of mankind which is required as a necessary foundation, in order that the earthly city may be brought to the resemblance of that heavenly city where truth reigns, charity is the law, and whose extent is eternity. —POPE JOHN XXIII, Address at the Opening of the Second Vatican Council, October 11th, 1962; www.papalencyclicals.com

This is not the false unity that the Black hipgbọ mmiri heralds, but the unity Christ prayed for that “they may all be one.” ^[3]cf. Jọn 17:21 One in the Divine Will. For when the Bride of Christ is living as Mary did—conformed completely body, soul, na spirit to the will of God—then, like her, we will become Immaculate in spirit, prepared as it were for the Wedding with the Lamb…

…that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. (Eph 5:27)

This is the purpose of the “day of the Lord”, what the Church Fathers referred to symbolically as a “thousand years”, ^[4]cf. Mkp 20:4 as being that period na oge that definitively establishes the reign of Christ in the dum People of God—Jew and Gentile—before the consummation of the world.

The Lord has established his reign, our God, the almighty. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory. For the wedding day of the Lamb has come, his bride has made herself ready. She was allowed to wear a bright, clean linen garment. (The linen represents the righteous deeds of the holy ones.) (Revelation 19:7)

For to keep Christ’s commandments is to love, ^[5]cf. Jọn 15:10 and to love is to “cover a multitude of sins.” ^[6]cf. 1 Pita 4:8 This is the “truth” to which the Holy Spirit is leading and guiding the Barque of Peter.

Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth. (John 17:17-19)

Dika mmadu nile ji keta oke nke Adam, otu akaa mmadu nile kwesiri inabata na nrube isi nke Kraist rue uche nke Nna. Redemption will be complete only when all men share his obedience. —Fr. Walter Ciszek, He Leadeth Me, pg. 116-117

May justice and peace embrace at the end of the second millennium which prepares us for the coming of Christ in glory. —POPE JOHN PAUL II, Homily, Edmonton Airport, Septemba 17, 1984; www.o buru