Sunday 19th January 2020 Second Wk Ord. Time Year
A 1st Reading: Isaiah 49:3.5-6. 2nd Reading: 1
Corinthians 1: 1-3. Gospel: John 1:29-34.
John the Baptist was, during his earthly life, a rallying
point for many who desired to seek the face of God. When Christ eventually came,
as we have it in the gospel, John the Baptist showed them Christ, the Way, the
Truth and the Life. In the first reading from Isaiah, God was telling the
prophet: “I will make you the life of the Nations so that my salvation may
reach to the ends of the earth”. We are all called as Christians/Prophets to
show people around us the same LAMB OF GOD by our words and actions. With the
sacrament of Baptism we are already the light of the nations. What is then
holding the mandate to bring the salvation to the ends of the earth? Is simply because
we have refused to imbibe the words of the day’s Psalmist: “Here I am Lord! I
come to do your Will”. By implication, we lack the proper disposition and
readiness. The second reading presents Paul in full acceptance of the same
mandate: “I, appointed by God to be an Apostle…” We have to accept to this ask
and see it as the only means of getting to fulfilment the Collect of the Second
Sunday: “…bestow your peace on our times”. Let’s by our words and actions
direct people to Christ, the Lamb of God”. Father of Heaven and Earth, hear our
prayers, and show us the way to peace in the world through Christ our Lord.
Amen. BE AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN!
