SHARING WITH YOU FR. JERRY ORBOS´ MOMENTS... HAVE A GRACE-FILLED SUNDAY! SEE YOU IN THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION... * * * The story is told about a man who, realizing that walking as a form of exercise is good for his health, started walking at the age of 65. We heard that up to now, he is still walking; he is nowhere to be found, and his relatives are looking for him. * * * In today’s Gospel (Mt. 4, 12-23), Jesus called His first disciples as He was walking by the Sea of Galilee. It was a walk that changed the lives of simple fishermen who, from then on, were to become fishers of men. It was a walk that made them encounter Jesus, and made them walk after Him. Are you still walking your own walk? Is there someone or something greater than yourself that you walk after or walk with? IF IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU, THEN YOUR WALK THROUGH LIFE IS NON-DIRECTIONAL, VAIN AND EMPTY. * * * “You’ll never walk alone,” so the song says. True. OUR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE IS ACTUALLY NOT ABOUT GOING FAR AND FAST. It is a journey that has a starting point and a final destination, but more than going to places or phases, IT IS A JOURNEY TO THE HEART—to one’s heart, to other people’s hearts, and to God’s very heart. Unless and until we make that journey, all our walking and talking will be aimless and useless. * * * “Walk with faith in your heart and you’ll never walk alone,” so goes another song. Again, true. With faith, we can see more than what meets the eye. With faith, we can see meaning and purpose. When the first disciples followed Jesus in faith, they found their true worth, and their lives became truly significant. More than these, they found A COMPANION AND A MASTER, and fellow travelers on the road. * * * Today is National Bible Sunday. MAY THE WORD OF GOD BE OUR GUIDE AND COMPASS AS WE WALK ON. Without the Word of God to show us the way, the journey can be tedious and confusing. Or, we may even lose our way. LET US LOVE THE WORD OF GOD. LET US LIVE THE WORD OF GOD. * * * Whatever road we take, or wherever the Lord will take us, LET US JUST WALK ON. We may stop, pause, slow down or speed up, but we must walk on. Let us be constantly reminded that we walk not alone, we walk not on our own, we walk not without a vision, we walk not without a mission, and we walk not without a final destination. Yes. We just walk on! * * * “Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it” (J. Banville). Let us all live in such a way that when our last moments come, we will have little or no regrets that we loved too little, too late. Life is short. Death is certain. LET US NOT POSTPONE OUR CONVERSION TO GOD, AND LET US NOT POSTPONE OUR LOVING. * * * A moment with the Lord: LORD, HELP ME NO MATTER WHAT, TO JUST WALK ON. AMEN OUR GOSPEL READING FOR TODAY, JANUARY 25, 3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2014: Mt 4:12-23 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen. From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him. He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people. Sunday Mass Readings: usccb.org/bible/readings/012614.cfm
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