First Reading: Heb 1:1-6
Gospel: Mk 1:14-20
Today
marks the beginning of Ordinary time in the Liturgical Calendar of the Catholic
Church. Constituting of 33-34 Sundays, Ordinary time is divided into two
sections. The seasons mainly concern Christ's preaching and ministry. The term 'Ordinary'
comes from Latin 'Ordinalis' meaning numbered, signifying a numbered or ordered
list of Sundays that anchor our daily lives in the Catholic Church. The color
'Green' symbolizes hope, anticipation and life. As we are reminded on this
Monday in the Laudato Si, or in the words of His Holiness while addressing the
Congress, the ‘Green Encyclical,’ reminds us to keep our environment Green,
hopeful and helpful for the ecosystem.
The
introduction of the extraordinary literary beauty in the Letter to the Hebrews,
announces God's intervention in the world and in human history, the 'Kairos.'
God's best is saved for last; His spoken words through His son to us. What does
Christ reveal to us today? With great authority, Jesus declares the coming of a
new era. With the same authority he summons people to follow him.
We are Sons of the immaculate heart of the
blessed Virgin Mary. Called to follow Christ in imitating Him in working,
suffering and striving constantly for the greater glory of God and the
salvation of souls. In our formation, following Christ as set forth in the
Gospel is our supreme rule (CC4). This makes our formation for mission always
lived in a spirit of communion. Christ calls his first disciples and as the GPF (General Plan of Formation) 19 entails, we are followers of Jesus in the style of the Apostles, called to
evangelize through the ministry of the word.
This
ordinary time is a time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery
of Christ is called to penetrate deeply into history until all things are
finally caught up in Christ, a time when Green should not only end on the altar
but lived in our daily activities.
Njathumba
Joel Murimi
II
Year Theology
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