3rd Sunday of Lent
Year C.
First Reading
Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15
Second Reading
1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12
Gospel
Luke 13:1-9
THEME: GO CLOSER.
There are many Igbo proverbs that
explain this our team very well. Some of them are; Onye no mmadu nso n’ anu isi eze ya (someone who is closer to a
person perceives the mouth odour of the person), oke no n’ ulo gwara nke no n’ agu n’ azu di na ngiga (a rat that
resides in the house is the one that told the wild one that there is fish in
the kitchen) and so many other.
The first reading is the story of
the first personal encounter Moses had with God in the scene of the burning
bush. He saw something very strange, instead of running away, he decided to go
closer to understand and God called out to him. By going closer to God, he was
chosen and sent by God to his people to redeem them from their suffering in the
land of Egypt. Instead of running away from what we do not understand in our
faith, we should go closer, ask questions and we shall understand.
Though God was very close to the
people of Israel but they were misbehaving and that brought death to them.
Moses went closer to God, he saw his glory and lived his life to please the
Lord but some or majority of those he was with were not measuring up and that
brought serious destruction to them in the desert and this is what the second
reading is reminding us today that it does not end in coming closer to God but
being able to remove our sandals for we are standing on a holy ground or land. Continue Reading........................