PREACHER ON THE RUN
  • Home
  • My Story
  • My Ministry
  • Thoughts for the Journey
  • Prayers for the Journey
  • Running by Faith
  • Preaching the Good News
  • Contact
  • Prayer Request
  • Where in the World?
  • Through the Cross
        Thoughts for the Journey

Today's Thoughts...

1/13/2018

0 Comments

 
Today’s Thoughts: Today, we finish our journey through the first week in Ordinary Time and our readings remind us of some fundamental faith issues: those of being called, responding to that call and being anointed. 
 
In our first reading today a selection from the First Book of Samuel, anointing is at the forefront of our message and, in Mark’s Gospel, Jesus calls Levi to be his disciple and the call initiates an immediate response from the tax collector.  These three faith issues sit at the heart of the Sacrament of Baptism ritual.
 
Becoming one with Christ and with the community of faith is the most fundamental aspect of our life as a Christian person.  Baptism provides us the opportunity to respond to God’s call to growth in faith, hope and love.
 
In the Old Testament. priests, prophets and kings were typically anointed with oil.   Also in many of our sacraments but especially, baptism the one receiving the sacrament is anointed with oil.  The anointing in Baptism provides us with the opportunity to reflect on our call as priest, prophet and king through the meaning of Christ’s own anointing as a mediator between us and God (priest), as the one who speaks the word of God (prophet) and the one who so very gently rules (serves) in our lives (king).
 
Thus, the invitation, the call of Christ and of God, is given to live out the priestly life by being Christ to those we meet on our path of life; to live a prophetic life by living and speaking the word of God to others; and finally living our kingly lives by following Christ who “ruled”, not by “lording it over” other but by serving them.
 
These are enormous tasks and the truth is that we do not accomplish them by ourselves.  Christ, “priest, prophet and king”, is the ideal and our call like Levi’s in the Gospel today: “follow me,” is just the beginning of a life lived with and for others modeled on Jesus’ own life.
 
Perhaps our readings today are calling us to renew the commitment we made at Baptism to follow Christ as priest, prophet and king but serving and caring for others in our world today.
 
Have a great Saturday everyone!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Fr. Paul R. Fagan, C.P. "Preacher on the Run"

    Just a few thoughts to help you on your journey through life...let me know from time to time what you think...

    Archives

    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • My Story
  • My Ministry
  • Thoughts for the Journey
  • Prayers for the Journey
  • Running by Faith
  • Preaching the Good News
  • Contact
  • Prayer Request
  • Where in the World?
  • Through the Cross