God Calls Us To Service
By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Second Sunday Of Ordinary Time (YR B) Readings: 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 191 Cor. 6:13c-15a, 17-20John 1:35-42 In the first reading today, we hear the story of the call of the Prophet Samuel. God calls Samuel three times as the boy was sleeping in the Temple. Thinking it was the priest, Eli, who had called him, Samuel ran to Eli to serve his master. After the second time, Eli realized it was the Lord speaking to the boy and instructed him, if Samuel heard the voice again, to respond: “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”Samuel responded generously to God’s call and the Lord was able to work with him and through him as a prophet to…Continue Reading