DATE : 30/11/2020
EVENT : St. Andrew. Apostle (Feast)
COLOUR: RED
READINGS : Rom. 10:9-18; Responsorial Psalm 18:2-5 Gospel. Mark 4:18-22.
THEME: WOULD YOU BELIEVE IF I TOLD YOU THAT I HAVE FOUND CHRIST
INTRODUCTION:
Greetings beloved people of God and fellow pilgrims. I welcome you to the first Monday of Advent on which the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Andrew the apostle and brother of St. Peter. As this new working week begins beloved friends, I wish to reflect with us on the theme, " Would you believe if I told you that I have found Christ". Beloved, in his love and desire for the service of God, St. Andrew was previously a disciple of St. John the baptist. And when John the baptist pointed to Christ as the Lamb of God, and upon a personal invitation by Christ himself, St. Andrew withdrew from John the baptist and became an ardent apostle of Christ. After the death of Christ, he preached the Gospel in Asia, Russia and Poland, before being martyred on a saltire (an X shaped cross).
Beloved, just like the first reading of today says: "they will not ask his help unless they believe in him, and they will not believe in him unless they have heard of him, and they will not hear of him unless they get a preacher, and they will never have a preacher unless one is sent". St. Andrew became an answer to this yearning and question of St. Paul. This means that St. Peter would not have heard of Christ nor believed in him if St. Andrew did not act as a preacher when he told Peter: 'we have found the messiah' (Cf. John 1:41). Child of God, just like St. Andrew, I ask you today, have you found Christ? or have you lost him? Do your life style lead people to Christ or away from Christ? Are you proud enough to share your Christian faith with an unbeliever or are you too shy of your faith? Finally are you ready to believe in Christ and amend your ways especially as we prepare for the coming of Christ this advent season? I pray that like St. Andrew who left his family and fishing boat, we too may have the courage to leave behind every form of distraction and worldly attachment and follow Christ as he calls us through today's homily. God bless you.
OH that today you would listen to his voice harden not your heart (Ps.95:7-8).
LET US PRAY: Lord Jesus, help me never to lose hope in your promises nor lag in zeal for your kingdom of righteousness and peace....Amen
HAPPY NEW WEEK BELOVED FRIENDS AND I PRAY GOD TO KEEP YOU SAFE
@Fada Emmanuel Nnamdi Megwara MSP.⛪
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