Third Sunday in Ordinary Time The Unexpected
The readings from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time are filled with challenges for us in the first month of 2021. In the first reading, God comes to the prophet Jonah and tells him to go to Nineveh (an enemy nation) to preach conversion from their wickedness. Unexpectedly, Jonah refuses and sails toward another area….
The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – The Call
The first reading for Sunday is from 1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19. It is the story of Samuel being called to be a prophet. Eli the priest and the young man Samuel are asleep in the temple. Three times Samuel thinks Eli is calling him. Each time he goes to Eli he is told to go…
