HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR B

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR B

THEME: The Lord is mindful of Hannah and she gives birth to Samuel.

BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
1 Samuel 1:9-20
Res Psalm: 1 Sam 2:1,4-8
Mark 1:21-28

LITURGICAL COLOUR
GREEN

INTRODUCTION
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Today we celebrate Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time of the liturgical calendar Year B.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
In our first reading today, we hear how God answers Hannah’s prayer, listening to what she has asked for, and gave her a son, which was miraculously conceived between Elkanah and Hannah, and was therefore born and named as Samuel. As Hannah has promised the Lord, she fulfilled her promise by offering her firstborn son to the Lord, to be His servant, and God made Samuel to be a great Prophet and Judge, the last one to guide and rule over the Israelites. Through Samuel, God would perform many great things among His people, and eventually He gave them kings to rule and lead them, to continue shepherding and guiding them throughout their lives, from Saul and then to David, the virtuous king who led Israel into its golden age. Throughout all these, God kept on guiding and helping His people through Samuel, His prophet and servant.

FROM OUR GOSPEL RE ADING
In morning’s gospel reading is Mark’s account of the first public action of Jesus after his baptism. Jesus’ first action sets the tone for the whole of his public ministry. He enters the synagogue of Capernaum and releases a man from an unclean spirit, a spirit which would have separated him from the worshipping community and from God. Jesus lived and died to draw people into a new community of faith, hope and love, and thereby, to a deeper relationship with God. Jesus did not try to lead people to God in isolation from others. He understood that our individual journey to God is always a journey that we travel with others.

CONCLUSION
Dear brethren, Jesus did not try to lead people to God in isolation from others. He understood that our individual journey to God is always a journey that we travel with others. Our earthly pilgrimage, our journey towards God, is never a purely private pilgrimage; it is a shared pilgrimage. We need each other along the way. We have a responsibility for each other along the way. We have gifts that the Spirit has given us that others need, and others have gifts that the Spirit has given them that we need. Jesus himself never worked alone. The Lord calls us to journey together. The Christian life has to be, at some level, a shared experience, a communal experience.
Have a Blessed Tuesday everyone.

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