2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

 The Lamb of God Jn. 1:35

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. 

There wasn’t supposed to be suffering, war, division and death in the world. 

It was supposed to be a Garden where we walked with God. 

Oh sure, Sometimes this world can feel like a Garden.

When The sun is shining and everything is going right in the world. 

But then it all falls apart. 

War, unemployment, a call from the doctor;

And suddenly we feel as if we have been thrown out of the Garden. 

And we can’t to get back in. 

The gates have been slammed shut to keep out our hatred, jealously, pride and greed. 

To keep out our fighting, our arguing and all that divides us. 

We have exiled ourselves. 

And all we can do is ask God to have Mercy on us in our exile. 

Mercy on our struggles;

On our suffering and dying;

When Israel found itself exiled in Egypt

The Lamb of God set them free. 

The Blood of the Lamb was put on the doorposts and the angel of Death passed over their homes. 

And they ate the flesh of the Lamb at the Passover Meal, to strengthen them for the journey to the Promised Land. 

We all need a Lamb of God at some point in our lives. 

To set us free and to give us strength to go on. 

No one goes through this life without facing something bigger and stronger than them. 

Be it suffering, or fear or death.

At those times we pray,

Lamb of God, Have Mercy on us. 

For it is the Blood of Jesus that will save us from unending death. 

And His Flesh that will strengthen us for the journey in this life. 

Jesus is the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world. 

Who takes away Everything that keeps this world from being what it was supposed to be.  

And Whose Supper

Will give us the strength we need 

For our journey to the Promised Land.