2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
I’d like to talk a little today about today’s readings in
the Catholic Church. Since my blog
entails both the Mind, Body and Spirit, I thought that on Sunday’s I would like to take the opportunity to
discuss the readings of the day. Hence
the start of SPIRITUAL SUNDAYS!!!! (cue the voice echo machine!!!).
Today’s readings come from the Book of Samuel, Corinthians
and the Book of John. In the first
reading, we hear about the Lord trying to get Samuel’s attention. The Lord called out to Samuel three times
before Samuel asked his friend Eli what was going on. Finally we get my favorite quote from this
reading: "Speak Lord for your servant is Listening”. We need to listen to the Lord and follow what
is said.
In the second reading, the main point being made is to use
your body for the Lord. My favorite
quote from this reading is: “Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you,
whom you have from God, and that you are not your own.” We have all heard the adage, Your body is a
temple – treat it that way!! We need to eat right, exercise, and don’t use your
body for immoral acts.
In the Gospel we read: “Behold, the Lamb of God”. This is when John the Baptist tells a couple
disciples that this truly is Jesus the lamb that will be sacrificed for us. The disciples then go and follow Jesus. Jesus
fixes his gaze down on Simon, the son of John and tells him that he will now be
called Peter. From this Gospel, we need
to think about who do we fix our gaze on??
Who do we follow??
A few questions to ask yourself for the week: Who should we be serving and
why?
We each have a calling.
Are you fulfilling that calling??
Are we serving ourselves or God?
Have a Blessed Week,
MFM
Awesome idea for Sunday posts and I look forward to them weekly. :)
ReplyDeleteI am learning more and more to put my trust in the Lord and to try to let go of worries and have faith.