2nd Sunday in Ordinary
Time Year C.
First Reading
Isaiah 62:1-5
Second Reading
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
Gospel
John 2:1-11
THEME: THE LORD HAS VISITED US.
There are many ways we may have
suffered in this life that we have doubted the power of God. Some ask questions
like; Does God exist at all? Some, is he still alive? Does he care about us?
And so many other questions like this one. People who ask these questions are
not all that wrong but they are still wrong for it shows how little their faith
in God is. Even if we have lost faith in God, today’s reading are consolations
to us. They are to encourage us, to still have faith in God. Continue Reading.............
In the first reading, through the
prophet Isaiah, God has promised us that he has remembered us in all our
sufferings. Some of us have suffered for years of a particular problem, the
Lord has remembered us today. That God has remembered us does not mean we are
not going to see any challenge again in life.
The second reading is explaining
to us the type and how the visit of the Lord is. We all have different gifts
from God. These gifts are different ways he has visited us. These gifts are for
our common good. Where two or more gather in my name, I am there with them
(Matthew 20:18). If we combine these gifts, we will see God manifest openly to
us.
The gospel is a manifestation of
that visit, again, what is required of us to actualize these gifts and visit.
“Whatever he asks you to do, do it”. When the trouble of wine came at the
wedding of Cana, he came for rescue through his mother but he demanded
something from them, to fetch water.
A woman that I know too well was
barren for years after marriage. She prayed to God for years. She has gone to
almost every adoration ground within the country looking for a child not even
children. She has met every priest that is known for doing adoration or known for
miracles but all to no avail. She has gone to hill and valleys but no good
result. There parish was elevated to the status of Parish in 2016. In that same
year, the new parish was buying many things through people’s help. The parish priest
asked for someone who will buy the parish a monstrance worth ₦200,000. The poor
woman stood up and went to pledge for it. People were saying, where can she get
that amount? In three days’ time, she took the money to the parish priest who
went and bought the monstrance. The day it was presented in the church, the
parish priest prayed and blessed her on behalf of the family. That same 2016,
she got pregnant and gave birth to a charming girl. After that one, she got
pregnant again and gave birth to a very handsome son. Right now she has two
children, a girl and a boy.
This story does not mean that you
must give something physically to God before he works miracle for us but it
also helps. If we approach Jesus through our Mother Mary and obey her and her
son, the visit of God in our lives will manifest so much in us. He has been
manifesting his glory to us, let us like his apostles believe in him. Many have
told their stories of his manifestation in their lives and we have our
different stories of our own. We have to appreciate his presence for he has
visited us. THANKS AND HAPPY SUNDAY.
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