Repentance and Transformation, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — Year B. Jon 3:1-5, 10; Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20
On this 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time of Year B, we meditate on the repentance and transformation that are the fruit of our response to God's call. In the first reading, despite historical and cultural barriers, Jonah responds to God's call to go to Nineveh to preach repentance and the people of Nineveh respond without hesitation. God expects the same immediate response from each of us.
Our duty of evangelization should go beyond our ethnic, tribal, and racial affiliations. Each of us is called to discern our vocation and respond to it with generosity on a daily basis, whatever the nature of the sender of the message.
Christ's message throughout his ministry is to invite us to accept his reign and. to be active disciples of his Father's kingdom.
“Repent and believe the Good News” (Mk 1:15)
Believing in the Gospel requires from us listeners the resolve to take Jesus' words seriously every day, to translate them into action, and to trust in Jesus' authority. Jesus preached the Gospel, the Good News, that God is a loving, forgiving, caring, and merciful Father. God wants to free us and save us from our sins through his son Jesus.
Let us remember that, it is our calling in life as Christians, to transmit the light of Christ
through our lives, radiating the unconditional love, mercy, forgiveness and humble service of Jesus to all in our families, our parish and our society.
Like Jonah, let us go to “Nineveh” and announce the Good News!
Wishing you a blessed spirit filled Sunday!
Fr. Georges Roger Bidzogo sac