DAILY- HOMILY

FEBRUARY 7, 2010
5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – C

ISAIAH 6:1-2, 3-8
In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated on a high and
lofty throne; his train filled the sanctuary. Above him stood seraphs,
each one with six wings: two to cover its face, two to cover its feet
and two for flying; and they were shouting these words to each other:
Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh Sabaoth. His glory fills the whole earth.
The door-posts shook at the sound of their shouting, and the Temple
was full of smoke. Then I said: 'Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man
of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes
have seen the King, Yahweh Sabaoth.' Then one of the seraphs flew to
me, holding in its hand a live coal which it had taken from the altar
with a pair of tongs. With this it touched my mouth and said: 'Look,
this has touched your lips, your guilt has been removed and your sin
forgiven.' I then heard the voice of the Lord saying: 'Whom shall I
send? Who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I, send me.'

1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-8, 11
The tradition I handed on to you in the first place, a tradition which
I had myself received, was that Christ died for our sins, in
accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried; and that on
the third day, he was raised to life, in accordance with the
scriptures; and that he appeared to Cephas; and later to the Twelve;
and next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the
same time, most of whom are still with us, though some have fallen
asleep; then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles. Last
of all he appeared to me too, as though I was a child born abnormally.
Anyway, whether it was they or I, this is what we preach and what you
believed.

LUKE 5:1-11
Now it happened that he was standing one day by the Lake of
Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of
God, when he caught sight of two boats at the water's edge. The
fishermen had got out of them and were washing their nets. He got into
one of the boats -- it was Simon's -- and asked him to put out a
little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the
boat. When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, 'Put out into
deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.' Simon replied, 'Master,
we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I
will pay out the nets.' And when they had done this they netted such a
huge number of fish that their nets began to tear, so they signalled
to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when
these came, they filled both boats to sinking point. When Simon Peter
saw this he fell at the knees of Jesus saying, 'Leave me, Lord; I am a
sinful man.' For he and all his companions were completely awestruck
at the catch they had made; so also were James and John, sons of
Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. But Jesus said to Simon, 'Do not
be afraid; from now on it is people you will be catching.' Then,
bringing their boats back to land they left everything and followed
him.

REFLECTION
"Leave me, Lord I am a sinful man."

Peter uttered this truth in his encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ.
It was indeed an authentic religious experience for Peter as he
realizes the reality of his true identity before the Son of God. In
our meeting of Jesus who is most holy, we are able to truly see who we
really are. Peter said half of the truth in that he is a sinner. Jesus
definitely agrees with him but gives him the other half which is that
he is loved. This becomes evident in that Jesus calls him to become
his fisher of men.

The story then of Peter is the story of each one of us especially
whenever we feel our unworthiness in our encounters with Jesus. The
many times that we have been so blessed in that what we have received
is simply beyond our expectations or the experiences when we felt
forgiven are clear examples how Jesus shows that he never gives up on
us. We cannot help but be grateful which, in turn, can be shown in our
response to be as faithful as we can in our friendship with Jesus. We
can then remember the words of Jesus: "Whatever you do to the least of
my brethren, you did it to me." So whenever we are able to do an act
of charity especially to the poor, hungry, the sick, these are all
Jesus in disguise. In doing so, we are able to become his true
disciples and friends just as Peter was. We are indeed loved sinners.
The unconditional love of Jesus gives us the strength to be able to
respond to the invitation of Lord in whatever state of life he deems
will be apt and appropriate for us.

Another possible food for thought is whether such a remark of Peter is
some sort of reverse psychology. We are capable of hiding our inner
motives yet we know deep in our hearts our desire to be in the
presence of celebrities and great people. How much more if it is Jesus
himself? In this regard, the words of Peter may indeed be a plea for
attention and a fulfillment of inner desires for the sense of holy and
good who is Jesus himself.

PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
… for the strength and healing of:
- Don V
- Gemma
- Davis Danao
- Abraham A
- Jerry Solis
- Jedidiah Vega
- Brenda
- Renan Lacida
- John Benedict "JB"
- Walter Stamatelaky
… for the personal intentions of:
- Mariano Montemayor
- Fr. Bill McGarry, SJ
.. Birthday: Juanita Ang - Urrutia
… for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Birthday: Virginia Sim
- In Memoriam (+): Damiana Fabella
- In Memoriam (+): Ong Su Khun
… for the healing and peace of all families

Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers
and for those who need our prayers the most.

Have a good day!

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