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

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

THEME: He warned them not to make him known as the Son of God.

By: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
1 Samuel 18:6-9,19:1-7
Psalm 55:2-3,9-14
Mark 3:7-12

LITURGICAL COLOUR
GREEN

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

FROM OUR FIRST READING
This morning’s first reading is the beginning of the tragic story of Saul’s jealousy of the younger David. In his anger Saul saw David as his enemy, whereas in reality David was his courageous supporter. Jonathan, son of Saul and the great friend of David, helped his father to see David in a clearer light, at least for the moment. He helped his father, Saul, to see a side to David that he was completely ignoring. In the words of Jonathan to his father, ‘David has not sinned against you, and what he has done has been greatly to your advantage’. Saul was helped to see David through the eyes of Jonathan, rather than just through his own angry and jealous eyes. We all need a Jonathan in our lives from time to time, someone who can help us to see some person or situation in a clearer way.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
Today’s gospel reading suggests that there was something very attractive about Jesus. People were attracted to him, not just the people of Judea and Galilee but people from much further afield, from Idumea, Transjordania, Tyre and Sidon. Here was an attractiveness that spoke to people from all directions. These people were attracted by what Jesus was saying and doing. Jesus was revealing the attractiveness of God, and people were allowing themselves to be attracted.

CONCLUSION
Dear friends in Christ, even though God never turns away from us, we turn away from God every so often. Jesus is our way back to God. He came from God to draw us back to God. He draws us back to God by drawing us to himself, just as in the gospel reading, he is portrayed as drawing many people to himself, to such an extent that he was in danger of being crushed. We pray at this Mass that we would allow Jesus to draw us towards himself and, thereby, towards God.

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