Welcome St. Mel's Catholic Church
4745 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fair Oaks, CA 95628
P.O. Box 1180 > Parish Office (916)967-1229 >
www.stmelchurch.org
Pastor: Rev. Father Liam Sweeney
Parochial Vicor: Rev. Father Mauricio Hurtado
Deacons: David Lehman Anthony
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Youth Ministry: 916-863-1822
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for grades 1-8, Monday or Tuesday 4:30-5:30PM
CFF Office Phone: 916-966-4314
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January 22, 2012 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Called to Conversion
In the First Reading, we again see how the people who believed in God, respond to His call. Jonah, the prophet, was sent by God to the large pagan city of Nineveh, to warn of impending destruction. The people respond with a call to repentance; even the king decrees a fast for all in the city, reasoning that God might relent and forgive them their sins (which is exactly what happens). As in every Mass, today we are called to examine our lives and turn from our sinful ways, so that we too, can respond to God's call.
The Responsorial beseeches the Lord to instruct us in His ways, to reveal His paths to us, so that we can do what pleases Him; for human effort alone will fail. We experience God's compassion, not only in His forgiveness, but also in His teaching us how to avoid sin, which hurts us us. God does not leave us orphan, but treats us as His children guiding and instructing us in His ways of goodness, humility and justice.
The Second Reading is a reminder of the ephemeral, transitory nature of the world and worldly things. It calls us to keep this life and worldly concerns in perspecitive. We can do this if we view all things in lifht of eternity.
Today's Gospel recounts the call of the first Apostles: Peter, Andrew, James and John. Both sets of brothers: Peter and Andrew; James and John, were fisherman. Here Jesus calls them to proclaim the Word. The Good News is that Jesus is the personification of God's Kingdom and the dawning of a new era. These first Apostles left all and followed Jesus whereever He went. Being His followers means that our Christian calling permeates how we live; all else: work, possessions, status, etc. are secondary to that call.
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jon 3:1-5, 10/1, Cor 7:29-31, Mk 1:14-20