+ Our readings today focus on our willingness to change, readjust, adapt and embrace something that rings truer than anything else we will ever hear or encounter: the Word of Life, the Gospel, the Good News of the Lord. It is the very essence of Fallen human nature to be rigid, rebellious, unadaptable and isolated; and unfortunately, the old saying “misery loves company” applies well here. Yet, there is nothing more miserable than “a nest of squealing rats on a sinking ship!”
In
the gospel passage we see Jesus himself first proclaiming the
gospel of God: THIS IS THE TIME OF FULFILLMENT. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.
REPENT, AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL! And
then we see him walking along the Sea of Galilee and calling Simon and Andrew,
James and John – two sets of brothers who were fishermen whom he was inviting
now to become a different kind of “fisherman:” proclaimers with him of this
great and awesome news that the entire redemption of the human race was
happening right before their eyes and that everyone could now benefit from it.
The
first reading prophesys what happens when a group of people,
a city, listens to sound preaching – believes that they are receiving a message
from God – and then change their lives to follow his ways: the Ninevites
have something to teach us! The second reading encourages us who live in the
final age to live as though the end really may be at any time, not so much
interested in taking our comfort but in helping other people attain their
salvation. What could be more important than that!
And
so, may we, with God’s grace and mercy be willing to
change, readjust, adapt and embrace all that rings true, as we encounter: the Word of Life, the Gospel, the Good News
of the Lord; and then may we share what we experience with all we meet each
and every day.
Teach
me your ways, O Lord.
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