Today is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The reflection on today's readings focus on the covenant that God made to His people. Jeremiah, in the first reading, has this as his theme throughout his prophetic ministry - God has made a pact to His people and He will fulfill His promise. The pact or the covenant that God has entered into with His chosen people will have its fulfillment upon the coming of His son. The Son, who is the image of the Father, is the one who will complete all the promises God made to His people since the beginning of time.
When Jesus proclaimed the truth as the one sent by the Father, the people didn't believe Him. In fact, they wanted Him killed but it wasn't His time yet. Jesus has challenged His followers to remain with Him until the end, until the fulfillment of all what has been prophesied about the Messiah.
Perhaps, in our time, as followers of Jesus, we have a greater challenge to remain with Him until the end. There are so many distractions around us that can pull us away from our desire to follow and serve God but if we will constantly pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us in our faith, we will be able to conquer all the obstacles that may block our way towards Christian perfection.
Let us pray that we may become more committed in our desire to be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. May the words of Jeremiah in the sacred scripture console us in times when we are doubting and failing: "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." God knows us even before we were formed in our mother's womb. That is how He shows His love for us. Amen.
When Jesus proclaimed the truth as the one sent by the Father, the people didn't believe Him. In fact, they wanted Him killed but it wasn't His time yet. Jesus has challenged His followers to remain with Him until the end, until the fulfillment of all what has been prophesied about the Messiah.
Perhaps, in our time, as followers of Jesus, we have a greater challenge to remain with Him until the end. There are so many distractions around us that can pull us away from our desire to follow and serve God but if we will constantly pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us in our faith, we will be able to conquer all the obstacles that may block our way towards Christian perfection.
Let us pray that we may become more committed in our desire to be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. May the words of Jeremiah in the sacred scripture console us in times when we are doubting and failing: "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." God knows us even before we were formed in our mother's womb. That is how He shows His love for us. Amen.
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