Now that we are in the first day of Ordinary time, we get to the core of the Message Jesus came to preach: "The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel." (Mk 1:14). As clear is it could be. Almost sounds like Lent. Well, yes, because Lent is meant to whisk away the obstacles to the living of this message and, because we are human, as any parent will agree, the message has to be repeated over and over again. So, we take to repenting, turning our life around, and believing. At this point, just after having completed the Advent/ Christmas Cycle and filled with renewed spiritual fuel, it shouldn't be hard to "reve up our engines."
This passage concluded with an invitation to Simon, Andrew, James and John to leave their lives as fishermen behind and follow Jesus, which they did without hesitation. This might not be as easy for us to do, so the call to "repent', clear away the obstacles, turn toward Jesus, takes on more significance and is more of a challenge. Are we up for it?
Bro. Rene
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