The Catholic Calendar for Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
1 Samuel 3:1-10,19-20
Psalm 40:2,5,7-10
Mark 1:29-39

A reflection on today's Scripture. . . .

He Went Out and Preached the Good News . . . .

Most believers in God who proclaim being Christian do not realize that declaring this belief entails great responsibilities. Through the observation of world events, it appears that the majority hold their beliefs very casually. The major reason for this is that they have little understanding of their Faith and so have not accepted deeply that they are created beings literally belonging to God, not as the world believes, to themselves.

God created man to be His "earthen vessels" meant to be filled with His glorious life -- His love and truth. Having offered us His life freely, He expects us to joyfully receive it, to actually live it and share it generously with our fellow humans. Whatever our talents, jobs or status, our primary purpose is to fulfill life's tasks in a manner that makes God's goodness clearly visible to others. Doing so is the only means we have of vastly improving the quality of our lives on this earth.

Some, like Samuel, slowly recognize God's call; but once they catch fire with God's Spirit of love and truth, they are driven to prophesy, make the Lord known in word and deed. Christ took on humanity to show forth God's divinity, His infinite good can abide in this lowly flesh. We can fulfill this same call to prophesy by yielding to God's will, be freed from sin's burden and so participate in His divine attributes.

Blessed Lord,
open our eyes to see that accepting Your will
opens the door to our entering into truly blessed lives.
Amen

- Marie Bocko, ocds (mlbocko at borg dot com)

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