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Mo NguyenFri, Jan 15 at 3:06 PMSECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B
17th JANUARY 2021
OUR NEED FOR OTHERS
BREAKING OPEN THE WORD: 2ND SUNDAY B
(John 1:35-42)
OUR NEED FOR OTHERS
The readings for today reflect the dynamic nature of the life of faith. It is only gradually that we learn who we are called to be. In this process of growth in understanding, others can help us to appreciate how God is working in our lives and how we are to respond.
While Samuel hears the call and responds to it three times, he needs the help of Eli to recognise the meaning of the voice that comes to him in the night. It is John the Baptist who helps Andrew to come to faith by pointing him in the night direction. For his part Peter receives the new name Cephas and the call to follow, but it is his brother Andrew who has brought him to Jesus and shared his understanding that Jesus is the Messiah.
The gradual process of learning who we are as Christians is reflected in Paul’s letter to the Corinthians. Some people in Corinth had come to believe that because they had been baptised, and now shared in the life of the resurrection, whatever they did was acceptable. They even saw casual sex with prostitutes as no impediment to life in the Spirit. While such an attitude may surprise us we need to appreciate that these early Christians, like Paul himself, were learning as they went. As a trustworthy guide Paul sets out to counteract this view by reminding them that their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and that their manner of life should reflect this.
CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP
JESUS, (English), Jesus Chooses His Disciples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpG-bDpvtQw
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