Word Made Flesh
- Fr. Toby Collins, CR
A Resurrectionist Vocation Minute for January 18, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Word Made Flesh
On January 25th, we celebrate “Word of God Sunday” as a special time where we focus on Jesus becoming God’s Word made flesh. God’s word walking with us as a human being. How can this be possible one might ask? Part of the answer may very well be that Jesus had a particular vocation to be the Word made flesh and by his “yes” to this calling so much healing, forgiveness and direction was given to literally billions of people since the time of his conception.
To follow his example and to listen to his words therefore is to be close to God. I wonder if we realize sometimes the significance of our “yes” to God when we discover God calling us to a particular vocation? How many lives does God want to change through the commitments and sacrifices we might make? And how much goes unchanged because of the times when we might say no.
Thanks be to God for the Word made flesh, Emmanuel dwelling among us! May we always be attentive to God’s Word calling forth our gifts. And for the sake of ourselves and the world may our answer be more often a resounding “yes.”