Name: Tyanne
Email: bkrar5moe@mail.com
Date: Tuesday - 2/Feb/116 - 21:41:35 GMT
Response:
You've hit the ball out the park! Indirceble!
Name: Anh Tran
Email: atransj@hotmail.com
Date: Monday - 5/Feb/107 - 06:26:51 GMT
Response:
The readings we hear today bear a common theme: call and response. We have heard God calls Isaiah to be his prophet, Paul to be his missionary, and Peter as well as James and John to be Jesus’ disciples. Although they have received their vocation in different times and for different reasons, they had been graced by God and decided to response to the divine call.
In this process, they came to an awareness of the holy presence of God. And conversely, they recognized their own weaknesses, sinfulness, and limitations in carrying out God’s mission, which was entrusted to them to spread the divine Word. That is why we hear Isaiah exclaimed: “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts” (Is 6:5). And we hear Paul spoke about himself: “I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God” (1Cr 15:9). And we hear of Peter’s reaction to the miraculous catch of fish. Facing the generosity of Jesus, he felt unworthy in the abundance of grace and exclaimed: “Depart from me, Lord, for I am not worthy” (Lk 5:8).
But a response to grace does not mean to focus only what one can or cannot do, but rather on the invitation to trust in God’s power to bring about the accomplishment of God’s plan. This for each of them means a total abandonment in the hands of God. After Isaiah was cleansed, he was ready to accept the mission: “Here I am… Send me”. (Is 6:8). For Paul, his achievements were a matter of grace: “By the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective.” (1 Cor 15:10). It is this grace that moved Peter and his companions James and John left everything to follow Jesus (Lk 5:11).
Most of us might not have a sudden life-changing experience like Isaiah, Paul or Peter and his companions. But we still are graced and chosen by God to be his witness in many different ways. The fact that we are Christians speak of our desire to respond to God’s call in our best understanding of that call.
Some of us are called to particular ministries, but all of us are called to the life of holiness. May we be faithful to this call.
Name: Anh Tran
Email: atransj@hotmail.com
Date: Monday - 5/Feb/107 - 06:26:38 GMT
Response:
The readings we hear today bear a common theme: call and response. We have heard God calls Isaiah to be his prophet, Paul to be his missionary, and Peter as well as James and John to be Jesus’ disciples. Although they have received their vocation in different times and for different reasons, they had been graced by God and decided to response to the divine call.
In this process, they came to an awareness of the holy presence of God. And conversely, they recognized their own weaknesses, sinfulness, and limitations in carrying out God’s mission, which was entrusted to them to spread the divine Word. That is why we hear Isaiah exclaimed: “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts” (Is 6:5). And we hear Paul spoke about himself: “I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God” (1Cr 15:9). And we hear of Peter’s reaction to the miraculous catch of fish. Facing the generosity of Jesus, he felt unworthy in the abundance of grace and exclaimed: “Depart from me, Lord, for I am not worthy” (Lk 5:8).
But a response to grace does not mean to focus only what one can or cannot do, but rather on the invitation to trust in God’s power to bring about the accomplishment of God’s plan. This for each of them means a total abandonment in the hands of God. After Isaiah was cleansed, he was ready to accept the mission: “Here I am… Send me”. (Is 6:8). For Paul, his achievements were a matter of grace: “By the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective.” (1 Cor 15:10). It is this grace that moved Peter and his companions James and John left everything to follow Jesus (Lk 5:11).
Most of us might not have a sudden life-changing experience like Isaiah, Paul or Peter and his companions. But we still are graced and chosen by God to be his witness in many different ways. The fact that we are Christians speak of our desire to respond to God’s call in our best understanding of that call.
Some of us are called to particular ministries, but all of us are called to the life of holiness. May we be faithful to this call.