Thursday 19 January 2017

Year A - 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time


1st Reading : Isaiah 8.23 – 9.3
Psalm 26
2nd Reading : 1 Corinthians 1.10-13. 17
Gospel: Matthieu 4.12-23


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-Jesus takes his disciples off to "fish for men". To fish for men is to join with them to help them discover how much God loves them and is committed to them.
But there we are, to fish for men, what will trap them? What can we use as bait?
-Modernity? The last technological advancement? (here represented by the mobile phone).
-What might entice the senses, to give pleasure? (depicted here by the foie gras)
-Something which demands no effort? (represented here by the word "free" so we owe nothing to nobody)
-For Jesus, there is another type of bait ; begin by loving the person before proposing anything to him. This is the model proposed by Jesus.

Questions

 

-If we look well at the image, the disciples look elsewhere than Jésus. They are fixed on the men to be fished, moreover on the hook and bait. They are so focussed that they look very serious and preoccupied, quite in contrast with the serenity of Jesus, who begings by loving them.
-Finally, what most attracts men, when one wishes to speak to them of God?
-In my life, what pulls me towards God and gives me the desire to discover more?