3 RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Year B Sunday Reflection Lord, you are the Word become flesh in order to establish the Kingdom of God in the world by stressing the urgency of conversion to respond to the Kingdom already in our midst. You recruited some disciples to collaborate in your mission of preaching the word. But the casual way you chose them is startling: holding no interview or assessment of their intelligence or talents, you invited two pairs of brothers to follow you. As you walked along the shore, you just happened to see them and called them. Were they fit for the job? By human reckoning they would not be. Strangely, you gave no thought to it. How qualified they were hardly mattered. Your way of calling them was maybe a test of their suitability. If they were ready to give up everything to follow you at your invitation, they were fit for the job. At your word, they instantly left their boats, nets, and families to follow you and share your mission. You could mould such men as you wanted and make of them what you wanted. The call you gave the first apostles: ‘Follow me’, is addressed to each of us every day of our life. Lord, make us worthy messengers of your Word. Thou g hts for Prayers S HALOM In today’s first reading, we hear God’s second call to Jonah to go to Nineveh. This time he reluctantly obeyed. Jonah was to warn the people of Nineveh, a vast city, to repent. The people believed God, and they fasted and wore sackcloth. Because they repented, God did not punish them. Paul believed that Christ would be returning very soon, so he advised people of the Church in Corinth to change their way of living. Paul wanted the people to focus totally on the Lord and not be distracted by the affairs of everyday life. He was wholly convinced that Christ’s return was imminent. At the beginning of his public ministry, Jesus proclaimed his message – a new time in history was beginning, and people should repent and believe because the kingdom of God had arrived. Once he shared that message, Jesus set out to gather his disciples. They stopped work and followed. There was no hesitation for Simon, Andrew, James and John. They were eager to follow Jesus and be part of his mission for he promised to make them fishers of people. How eager are we to be part of Jesus’ mission? \ \\\ 3 RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Year B - Psalter Week III 2 4 th Jan uary 202 1 LITURGY OF THE WORD 1st Reading: JONAH 3:1-5.10 Responsorial Psalm : Lord, make me know your ways. 2nd Reading: 1 CORINTHIANS 7:29-31 Gospel: MARK 1:14-20 Next week’s reading 4 TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Year B – Psalter Week IV 1 st Reading: DEUTERONOMY 18:15-20 Respons. Psalm: PS. 94:1-2, 6-9 2nd Reading: 1 CORINTHIANS 7:32-35 Gospel: MARK 1:21-28 MASS & ADORATION SCHEDULE (MCO) WITH LIVE BROADCAST VIA FACEBOOK LIVE www faceb ook.com/shckk /l ive Daily Mass (Mon - Sat) 6.00 AM (SHC) 6.30 AM (CMI) Eucharistic Adoration (Thu) 8.00 PM Devotion to Sacred Heart of Jesus (Fri) 7.30 PM (1 st Friday Mass on 1 st Week of the Month) MASS WITH LIVE BROADCAST VIA YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/shckk/live SATURDAYS Novena Devotion 5.00 PM Mass 6.00 PM (EN) SUNDAYS Mass 7:00 AM ( CH) 9:30 AM (EN) NOTICES & EVENTS _______________________________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENT For more NOTICES & EVENTS , kindly refer to our E-Bulletin at www.sacredheartcathedralkk.org or www.facebook.com/shckk SUSPENSION OF SUNDAY MASSES & CHURCH ACTIVITIES All Masses and Church activities will remain suspended from 16 th January 2021 to 4 th February 2021). The daily confessions are also suspended. 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Kids of the Kingdom Registration link: _ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPFGMk 4HpKxdlMvaVZiPB7s5j7WNSvlVps2- wnDdsHY_Dljw/viewform?usp=sf_link For enquiries please email: kotk.shc@gmail.com ----- 10 THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU GO TO ADORATION MORE OFTEN Written By Ruth Kennedy from Catholic Link 2. YOU EXPERIENCE PEACE IN OTHER AREAS OF YOUR LIFE Jesus said “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.” (John 14:27) The outward peace we can experience in Adoration (the quiet and the stillness) reaches much deeper. It leads to an inner peace that affects all areas of our lives. It doesn’t mean everything in our life will be perfect and without suffering, but Christ’s peace means that we know that the storms of life can’t shake us. 3. YOU BEGIN TO LOOK OUTWARDLY Jesus told us to “love one another as I have loved you”. (John 13:34) Spending time in Adoration connects us to the whole world – after all, we’re spending time with the Creator of all things! More time praising and adoring God means you can look beyond your own concerns and see the needs of others in your life and in the world that we live in. 4. YOU GET BORED SOMETIMES There are going to be times when Adoration can feel anything but glorious. You get distracted, your mind begins to wander, you can hear someone else sniffing next to you. Maybe in the beginning Adoration was full of wonderful feelings! Regular Adoration is when daily life sets in and it can make it feel not so special. But that doesn’t devalue or take away from the truth of what Adoration is. Our faith is more than feelings and God will still be working in you. This is the beauty of the Incarnation – God made man, coming into all our stresses, fears, problems – and yes, boredom. Know that even if an hour spent in Adoration is a continual returning to Him every few minutes when your mind wanders, you are still giving God the best gift you can – your time and company. To be continue next bulletin