Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Repent and fish for men: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Listen to the homily here.

Notes:

I was blessed to go ice fishing the last couple of days with my Dad
·      Great time to rest, relax and spend time with my father
·      He asked me to help him as he knew that it was a keeper
o   I bent down, picked it up, took out the lure
o   Then the fish did a perfect dive into my hole
o   After the next fish from me, and it was a keeper, and he said, “That now counts as mine”
This weekend we had two quick phrases in the Gospel according to Mark
·      Repent
·      I will make you fishers of men
·      And these will always may be together
Praise God, we know so many people that fish
·      Look at how many fish houses on Lake of the Woods!
·      And yes, we have a great gift in “God’s country”
o   We should enjoy it, have relationships and relax
·      But we, too, must also catch people
·      Simon and Andrew were fishermen
o   Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.”
o   Could you do this?  Drop everything?
·      James and John that were tending their nets
o   Dad and I needed to tended our own lines?  Three lines using through three holes
o   Dad was pretty proud that we didn’t lose anything…and kept fishing
o   Could we “…left their father Zebedee in the boat
along with the hired men and followed him.”
And this happened after Jesus proclaimed:
·      "This is the time of fulfillment.  The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."
Jonah: fishing for people and repent
·      God told him: "Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you."
·      Jonah said: "Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed…”
·      And, “when the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast
and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.”
o   Repent
These readings are not just about “nice stories” back in the day…but must still happen today

·      Brothers and sisters, fish for people and repent with each and everyone together in our mission from God

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