Homily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
January 14, 2024
Saint Philip the Apostle Parish
Flower Mound, Texas
1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19
Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10
1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20
John 1:35-42
Last Monday, the Church invited us to reflect on the sacrament of Baptism as we celebrated the end of the Christmas season with the Baptism of the Lord. This weekend we begin Ordinary Time. The Church offers us these readings for reflection on vocation and service. Vocation and service follow sacramentally from Baptism through Confirmation and the Eucharist and in the sacraments of service, Holy Matrimony and Holy Orders, as the ordinary means by which Christ offers us His Grace.
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