HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF [YEAR B]

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF [YEAR B]

THEME: He appointed twelve to be his companions.

BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
1 Samuel 24:3-21
Psalm 56:2-4,6,11
Mark 3:13-19

LITURGICAL COLOUR
GREEN

INTRODUCTION
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time of Year B.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
Our first reading this morning continued the tragic story of Saul’s jealous animosity towards David. Saul saw David as his enemy and treated him as such. Yet, David was not in act Saul’s enemy, as is shown by the behaviour of David in that reading. David spared the life of Saul, even when Saul was at the mercy of David. In exasperation, David says to Saul, ‘you must acknowledge frankly that there is neither malice nor treason in my mind’. David did not relate to Saul as Saul related to him.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In today’s gospel reading, Jesus appoints twelve of his disciples to be his companions and to be sent out to preach and to heal. Firstly, they are to be Jesus’ companions; they are to spend time with him; they are to enter into a personal relationship with him. Only then can they be sent out to share in his work of preaching and healing. We are all called to share in the Lord’s work today in some way or another. We are to proclaim his presence by our words and his deeds. However, this sharing in the Lord’s work can only flow from our personal relationship with him.

CONCLUSION
Like the twelve in today’s gospel reading, we need to be with the Lord before he can send us out in his name. The Lord is always with us, but we need to be with him. The Lord befriends us, but we need to receive the gift of his friendship and befriend him. It is above all prayer which nurtures our personal relationship with the Lord. In prayer we attend to the Lord’s presence, we become present to his presence to us, we become his companions. In opening ourselves to the Lord’s presence, we are empowered to live as he lived, to love as he loved. That will often mean loving even those who do not love us, just as in the first reading David is portrayed as showing goodness and kindness to Saul who wanted to kill David. The Lord needs us to be the agents of his unconditional love in the world, but if that is to happen we need the Lord. We first need to be present to him and to open ourselves to his empowering presence.
May You All Have A Blessed Friday.

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