DATE : 21/1/2021, Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time year (B)
EVENT : St. Agnes. V.M (Memorial).
COLOUR: Red
READINGS: Heb. 7:25-8:6; Resp. Psalm 40:7-8a.8b-9.10.17; Mark 3:7-12.
THEME: BE AVAILABLE TO GOD
Greetings beloved people of God. I welcome you to "My Catholic Homily Digest". On this Twenty First day of January 2021, on which the Church celebrates the memorial of the martyrdom of St. Agnes, I wish to reflect with us on the theme: " Be Available To God". Beloved, apart from celibate chastity, one of the chief sacrifices a priest also makes is to voluntarily relinquish his natural human freedom of will to another. In fact, for some people, this vow of obedience is the most difficult of the oats taken by priests. However, if observed very well, it is the most fulfilling and rewarding, because it makes the priest available for any kind of work. Beloved in Christ, the call to follow Christ is a very serious business. It entails giving up and surrending our wills to God. It is expressed fully in the post communion prayer thus: 'Jesus I love, all I have is thine, yours I am, and yours I want to be, do with me whatever thy will'. As short as this prayer is, it encapsulates what should be the proper disposition of every Christian to God. St. Agnes, whom we celebrate today, understood this so well, such that she even made her spotless body available to be sacrificed for God. Thus, she received the Martyr's crown.
Beloved in Christ, in the first reading of today, Heb. 7:25-8:6, we are told that as the high priest of our salvation, Jesus made his uncontaminated and holy body available as a fragrant offering to God, and by receiving it, the salvation of man was wrought. It is because Jesus had been through this path of sacrifice, that he also enjoins us to follow suite. Thus, we need to realise that life is not truly life, until it is selflessly lived for God and others. This is why during his earthly ministry, Jesus was constantly available to people as well as to his God. To create a mean between this two, we are told in the Gospel reading of today that, while he preached, healed and prayed with the people, he also took out some time to spend with and seek the face of God and his will.
Child of God, no matter what you do in this life, if your life is not imparting positively in the life of people, if you do not create time to be available to your family, loved ones and friends. If you do not consciously create time for God and surrender to his will, then you may end up working so hard for no gain. Many of us get so busy working for God and the things of the stomach that we forget too quickly the God of our life. I pray that from today and henceforth, we may make our lives pleasing to God and be available to him.
Oh that today you would listen to his voice harden not your hearts (Ps.95:7-8).
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LET US PRAY :Lord Jesus, help me to seek your will and the good of my neighbours at all times......
The Lord be with you....... and with your Spirit.
May Almighty God bless you the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit......Amen
@ Fada Emmanuel Nnamdi Megwara, MSP. ⛪
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