Already on this First Weekday in Ordinary Time – the day after celebrating the Baptism of Jesus, and the beginning of his public life, after he was filled with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit – we see Jesus "at work" already "proclaiming the arrival of the Kingdom (himself) and telling people to repent and to believe this marvelous fact!"
He immediately, as well, began to gather his band of helpers – among which would be chosen the twelve apostles – who would be his best friends on earth and the ones to carry on his missionary activity after his death and resurrection! Today we see him choosing Simon and Andrew (Simon would become Peter); James and John: they were fishermen – and Jesus told them that he would take their talent for fishing and make them "fishers of men."
The first reading today from the Letter to the Hebrews reminds us that the one who was doing these things: the one who was proclaiming himself as the Kingdom of God in the Flesh, and the one gathering a core group of friends-for-the-task was the One sent from God: the fulfillment of the prophets: the actual Word of God in the Flesh! We have celebrated this in the Christmas Season – now we will witness in this Ordinary Time how this Word communicated itself to any who would listen to it!
May we this day be among the ones who hear it, who take it in, who ponder it, who allow it to motivate us to make right, good, truthful and loving decisions on behalf of others – and ourselves!
The Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Gospel!
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