LET'S RISE AND FOLLOW HIM
(Luke 5:27-32)
The gospel of today is the story
of rising to follow Jesus. Jesus called Levi and He left everything and
followed Him. He didn't look back. He left old ways behind and indeed threw
great feast in gratitude to God for enabling him to begin a new life in Him.
Here is a time of new beginning.
Here is a time to leave old ways. Here is a time to follow Christ. Here is the
time to trace the path of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the time to stop feasting
in evil and start communing with Christ the new way, the truth and the life. It
is the time to rise from the table of bad companions. It is the time to rise
from spiritual laziness. It is the time to be mindful of whom we follow in
order not to be followed by curses but blessings.
Will the Lenten season this year
meet you in all your old sinful way? Will this year's lent pass you by and you
remain the old Adam? Will you not allow the transforming power of the word of
God calling you this season to repentance and change of heart?
Open your sick life and be healed
by Christ. Expose your impurities and be
cleansed by the precious blood of Christ.
Learn to die to sin in order to
rise to righteousness. May God who calls us to His side this period heal us and
make us well as we leave our evil past.
LET US PRAY
Thank you, Jesus, for calling us
to rise and follow You unworthy though we are. In faith, We come to You. We
come carrying our burden of sin. Heal us dearest Lord. Cleanse us of our
infirmities. Purify us by Your word and the spiritual exercises of this season.
Grant that we may be numbered among those who will feast at Your Easter Table
and live for ever with You in the happiness of heaven forever and ever. Amen
God bless your Saturday (Saturday
after Ash Wednesday)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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