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| Jan 11, 2010 - Monday Meditation (Cost of Being a Disciple of JESUS!) |
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| Written by Bobot Apit | |||
| Saturday, 09 January 2010 21:28 | |||
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T hey would learn that to be his disciples they, too, would have to take up their cross and follow him. They learned that the very nature of being disciple was to be servant of all. The first step was for them to lay down their nets, their ways of living their lives, and trust him. If they were to gather people to Jesus they would do it in a completely new way, which he would teach them.
Monday of the First Week of Ordinary Time 1 Samuel 1:1-8 Psalms 116:12-13, 14-17, 18-19 M ark 1:14-20 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, (15) and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel." (16) And passing along by the Sea of Galilee , he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. (17) And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." (18) And immediately they left their nets and followed him. (19) And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. (20) And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zeb'edee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him.
Meditation by Andy Alexander, S.J.
T oday we begin the Season of Ordinary Time. In this sense, Ordinary does not mean "common." The root of the word comes from "ordinal," so that it literally means "counted time." This is the season of the church year that is counted or marked week by week for a period of time after Advent and before Lent and from the end of the Easter Season until the end of the Church year. It is the time of the year, through the three Sunday cycles and the two daily cycles of the readings we get our biggest nourishment of scripture over a three-year period. Today we begin reading the story of Hanna from the First Book of Samuel. We begin reading from Mark's Gospel. It is wonderful to see Jesus begin his public ministry so boldly. "This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." The story begins with the call of the first disciples. It is remarkable that Jesus doesn't seem to even consider doing his work alone. He has the power of God behind him. Nature and the evil spirits obey him. It is clear that from the beginning Jesus needed disciples. He needed people who would be with him and would be drawn into his ministry and be able to witness to it. Most of all, as we'll see in Mark's account of the story, he needed disciples that he could instruct in his very different way of being Messiah. They would learn that he would lay down his life, according to the Father's will. They would learn that to be his disciples they, too, would have to take up their cross and follow him. They learned that the very nature of being disciple was to be servant of all. The first step was for them to lay down their nets, their ways of living their lives, and trust him. If they were to gather people to Jesus they would do it in a completely new way, which he would teach them. For us, this begins our journey in this time after Christmas and before Lent. It is a great time to be renewed in our call to follow Jesus and to listen carefully to how he will show us how to follow him. For today, there are things we must leave behind if we are to follow Jesus completely and freely. We can't say "yes" and keep doing everything the same way. What is it that stands in the way of my following Jesus more completley, as one who needs a savior, as one who is being asked to be a servant, and give my life away?
It is a good day to speak to our Lord about this invitation, friend to friend.
Supplementary Reading SNACK TREAT
They all ate and were satisfied. – Mark 6:42 I was in a dilemma. My caring group (CG) head scheduled a council meeting at a time when my finances were tight. Because I had to limit my spending, I had no budget for my food. After much contemplation, I decided to attend anyway. I figured I could take a heavy lunch at home and bring crackers for snacks. I was already at the restaurant where we were supposed to meet at 2 p.m. when my CG head texted that she would be late. By 3 p.m., I was starving. Although I had crackers, it wasn’t enough to satisfy my hunger. The sight and aroma of the food from the restaurant made me even hungrier. It was torture for me! My CG head arrived at 3:30 p.m., apologetic for her tardiness. She said, “Since I’m late, I’ll treat you all to a snack.” In our Gospel today, Jesus was able to feed and satisfy the multitude even if they initially had a measly five loaves and two fish. All I had that day were crackers but the Lord turned it into a full meal. That experience taught me not to worry over anything because the Lord provides. --- Judith Concepcion (svp_jmc@yahoo.com)
Editor’s Note: Ms. Judith Concepcion's article is reprinted from one of the Shepherd's Voice Publications, as published originally in the www.KerygmaFamily.com
Lord, You are my Great Provider. I trust that You will provide for my every need. For meditation/readings of the previous days/months , please click any of the following links: http://his-ways-better-than-our-ways.blogspot.com/ http://www.mabuhayradio.com/sections/the-daily-bread.html http://butuanglobalforum.org/cgi-bin/dboard/YaBB.pl?num=1229339492/220 GOD BLESS US ALL!
O Theos Na Mas Evlogisi! PRAY as if everything depended on HIM. ACT as if everything depended on YOU.
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