1.1Sam3:1-10,19
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2.1Cor6:12-20
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Jn1:35-42
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THEME “ Come and see”
As we celebrate this Sunday,
we are all called by Jesus as he called his disciples to come and see. We can put
this question before us that is why Jesus told his disciples to go and see? The
first impression that came to my mind when I read this scriptural passage, i.e
Jn 1:35-42 is that Jesus called his disciples to go where he living to see how
he lived, he called them to go, to see, learn and get ready to be taught the
ideals of the Kingdom of God. Jesus called his disciples to show them where he
was staying so that he could teach them Christian Morality.
Jesus called them to
give them spiritual formation, he wanted to show them how to be human. How to
love, how to be humble, how to listen, how to persevere in all situations was
the first school of thought Jesus called his disciples to learn in Nazareth.
The school of obedience was the first priority to Jesus as it has been attested
in the scripture that he himself obeyed both his disciples and his mother “ he
went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them and Jesus
advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God.”( Lk 2:51). His disciples saw
also the obedience of Jesus to his mother Mary. We are called to make a sharp
distinction between a home and a building. A home is where how to be human is
found, it is a place where being man and human can be differentiated. A
building where thieves meet can not be called a home, it is just a building.
Home is where love, generosity, kindness and all other Christian moralities and
virtues can be found. The building is meant for people, while a home is meant
for man. We have to bear in mind that people are many but men are very few.
To be real followers of
Jesus Christ, we are all invited to have spiritual guidance. Spiritual guidance
is the condition needed to make the mission of our Lord Jesus Christ
successful. This has been seen and heard from our readings today. From the
first reading we heard that Samuel grew up literally in the presence of God as
soon as he was weaned his mother took him to Eli, priest of the sanctuary in
Shiloh. There he was raised by the priest himself. He assisted daily at the altar;
as well he was acquainted with sacred writings. Moreover, he was well versed in
religious formation available, yet when the Word of God came to him personally
he did not recognize it. Each time God called him, he thought to be called by
Eli. He kept on not understanding who was calling him until Eli came into
intervention to direct him on what to do, and finally he understood that God
was the one calling him and Eli. From this fact we can learn a lesson that God
in calling each one of us He uses ordinary means and ordinary people as his
instruments to call us. It is under this background that we need the active
participation of lay people, catechists, deacons, priests and Bishops in making
the church of God to grow.
Likewise, in the
gospel, Andrew and John=and other disciple had followed John as the way of
preparing for one who is to come. For years they had prepared, fasted and
waited for the coming of Messiah. The disciples of Jesus had a divine call to
become disciples of Jesus yet, they could not discover what divine providence
had in store(mind) for them, until a spiritual director, John the Baptist
pointed it to them. Thus there will be always need for priest like, Eli,
prophets like John to point out Christ to us, to discern what God is saying to
us in our lives as individuals and as people.
Thus we are all invited
to have spiritual direction for through this practice we may discern the will
of God in regarding to what direction we should take in our lives. Professional
counsellors are not enough to carry on this task of guiding people, in fact
they pray the role, yet they do not take the position of a priest for spiritual
direction, because professional counsellors do this as their job and not from
the point of view of faith, they do it as a means of securing their daily
bread. Therefore, as we celebrate the 2nd Sunday of Year A ordinary
time we are all called to discern the will of God through prayer, spiritual
guidance, word of God and through learning from others.
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