2nd Sunday of Lent Year A
FIRST READING
Genesis 12:1—4a
Genesis 12:1—4a
SECOND READING
2 Timothy 1:8b—10
2 Timothy 1:8b—10
GOSPEL
Matthew 17:1—9
Matthew 17:1—9
THEME: GOD’S WILL IS THE BEST.
Our
most frequently said prayer may be “Our Father…….” We often say in it, “Thy
will be done and again give us this day”. Are we practicing that which
we say always or are we now doing another thing? In Igbo land we have names
like Uchenna
and Uchechukwu, which mean Thy will be done Father and thy will be
done God. From the look of how things and people are behaving in this
our time, may tell us that we are now acting otherwise. We are no more waiting
for God. In the readings of today, we can see clearly the benefit of acting
according to the will of God and those acted according to the will of God. In
the first reading, we are made to understand that Abram went as the LORD directed
him. He did not question God. God where are you taking me to? Why
should I leave my father’s land? How do I know you are saying the truth? He
obeyed the words of God. We most times ask God many questions whenever any
little thing happens to us. God why me? If not you, to whom
shall it go? Death is not my portion. Whose portion is it now? It is our
portion weather we accept it or not. God are you there watching me and all
these things are happening to me? Who do you want it to happen to? God you must
show me that you are my God today. Because you created God. We should ask
ourselves this question. Do I obey God’s words? Have you asked God to reveal to
you his will in that particular situation? Mary told Angel Gabriel, “let
be done to me according to your words” (Luke 1:38). We all know the outcome
of “ka
orere mu ka isiri kwo” of our blessed mother Mary. Continue Reading
The name Abraham was given to Abram when he had obeyed and followed the words of God. The father of many nations. In the second reading, St. Paul is bringing to our notice that everything we do, every situation we see ourselves, we should follow it with the strength that comes from the Lord. We should allow God’s strength to help our own strength to work, provided we remain sinless. Because God’s strength cannot work in a sinful heart. How can the young remain sinless? By obeying the word. (Psalm 119:9). In the Gospel, the three apostles went with Jesus to the mountain where the transfiguration took place. Peter, James and John, led by Peter suggested to Jesus for them to build three tents there but they waited for Jesus’ own will for he is the master. In life we are to give suggestions to God and Wait for his own answer. It is only through obeying the word that we can hear God even when he gives the answer. God's plan for us is plan of life not plan of death but sometimes due to our ego, we expect God to obey our own wills, and if we meet our doom, we will start to blame others or even God. Are we going to know the will of God and obey it and accept it when we commit many atrocities? We are no more taking fornication, murder (murder through speeches, eyes looking, places we go, poison and strangling), stealing, malice, adultery, idolatry and so on as sins rather people’s way of life. In Igbo Ihe ọjọ gwa afọ ọbụrụ omenala. Because those before you committed this or these sin or sins, then you must do it or them. These are not will of God rather our own wills. When we want to commit sin we will call it fun. Let us catch fun and you will think it is to play, not knowing that it is to commit adultery or fornication. When we want to steal we call it tapping. These are mortal sins and we treat them as things of joke. The will of God is for us to be perfect as he is. Due to the sin of our first parents we all have sinned as we see in the second reading of last Sunday but from the same reading we were made to understand that our redemption has been purchased for us by Christ. Christ is perfect and we ought to be like him. St. Paul tells us to imitate his as he imitates Christ. (1Corinthians 11:1). If Christ is perfect and we are to imitate him, it means we are to be perfect. Perfection we talk about is not self-beatification we do sometimes or our prayer men or women who will always tell us what we want to hear. Those who are not ready to tell us the truth that we should repent and good things will come our ways but shifting problems created by our hands to another. It is too bad. The earlier we seek for the will of God the better for us. God’s will is the best. Abraham accepted God’s will and he became the father of faith, St. Paul followed the will of God and he became an apostle of the Gentiles and Peter followed the will also and Christ gave him the key of the Kingdom. Following the will of God pays well. No one who follows it regrets following it. Let us use this Lenten season to seek God’s will and it shall be well with us. HIS PLANS FOR US ARE FOR GOOD. HIS WILL FOR US IS THE BEST.
The name Abraham was given to Abram when he had obeyed and followed the words of God. The father of many nations. In the second reading, St. Paul is bringing to our notice that everything we do, every situation we see ourselves, we should follow it with the strength that comes from the Lord. We should allow God’s strength to help our own strength to work, provided we remain sinless. Because God’s strength cannot work in a sinful heart. How can the young remain sinless? By obeying the word. (Psalm 119:9). In the Gospel, the three apostles went with Jesus to the mountain where the transfiguration took place. Peter, James and John, led by Peter suggested to Jesus for them to build three tents there but they waited for Jesus’ own will for he is the master. In life we are to give suggestions to God and Wait for his own answer. It is only through obeying the word that we can hear God even when he gives the answer. God's plan for us is plan of life not plan of death but sometimes due to our ego, we expect God to obey our own wills, and if we meet our doom, we will start to blame others or even God. Are we going to know the will of God and obey it and accept it when we commit many atrocities? We are no more taking fornication, murder (murder through speeches, eyes looking, places we go, poison and strangling), stealing, malice, adultery, idolatry and so on as sins rather people’s way of life. In Igbo Ihe ọjọ gwa afọ ọbụrụ omenala. Because those before you committed this or these sin or sins, then you must do it or them. These are not will of God rather our own wills. When we want to commit sin we will call it fun. Let us catch fun and you will think it is to play, not knowing that it is to commit adultery or fornication. When we want to steal we call it tapping. These are mortal sins and we treat them as things of joke. The will of God is for us to be perfect as he is. Due to the sin of our first parents we all have sinned as we see in the second reading of last Sunday but from the same reading we were made to understand that our redemption has been purchased for us by Christ. Christ is perfect and we ought to be like him. St. Paul tells us to imitate his as he imitates Christ. (1Corinthians 11:1). If Christ is perfect and we are to imitate him, it means we are to be perfect. Perfection we talk about is not self-beatification we do sometimes or our prayer men or women who will always tell us what we want to hear. Those who are not ready to tell us the truth that we should repent and good things will come our ways but shifting problems created by our hands to another. It is too bad. The earlier we seek for the will of God the better for us. God’s will is the best. Abraham accepted God’s will and he became the father of faith, St. Paul followed the will of God and he became an apostle of the Gentiles and Peter followed the will also and Christ gave him the key of the Kingdom. Following the will of God pays well. No one who follows it regrets following it. Let us use this Lenten season to seek God’s will and it shall be well with us. HIS PLANS FOR US ARE FOR GOOD. HIS WILL FOR US IS THE BEST.
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