2018 01 19 Reflection 133 (Fr.Sunil Jose OP on Mk 3: 13-19)

Like us on facebook at   / dominicanministriesgoa   write to us: [email protected] Dear Friends, Jesus Summoned Those whom He WANTED he has chosen us and he needs our assistance in the great work of Evangelization. Jesus, even though is powerful has willed that we collaborate with him in his plan of salvation. He makes use of our free and responsible collaboration in order to carry out his plans. Therefore, even though human being is a creature of very limited possibilities, he/she can achieve truly unimaginable things when he/she lives and works for God. He Calls Me by Name. Christ does not randomly choose me to collaborate with him in the mission of Evangelization. He knows me. He knows me better than I know myself, and out of love he invites me to be with him. When he calls me by name, he reaches into the depths of my heart and soul. He probes into the depths of who I am, and he identifies with me. When he calls me by name, he calls me out of love; “he calls me to share in his own divine life” (Lumen Gentium, 2). He calls me by name because he knows how great the gift is that he wishes to share with me. Christ doesn’t call me just to enjoy the present life. He has created me for a purpose. He has given me a specific vocation that only I can fulfill. I am irreplaceable; there will never be another me. The opportunity that I have to share in this friendship with Our Lord is an invitation to do something with him and for him. Christ’s love for me invites and beckons me to collaborate with him. Who can resist an invitation to collaborate with someone so great, and with an offer so challenging and yet so fulfilling? So my dear friends the Lord wishes to enter into a friendship with you. He has called you by name to be his friend. He has invited you to help him in his mission. Let’s promise the Lord that we want to help him and do our part.