From Nothing to Something

Reflection for Monday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time
(Gen 1:1-19; Mk 6:53-56)
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” This week we start reflecting on the book of Genesis. We see how God called things into being by the authority of His word; from nothingness to something! From void and formless He place orderliness. It interesting to note that everything He created has certain responsibility or purpose to achieve. He Himself certifies His own creation as good. “And there was evening and there was morning the fourth day.”

Jesus came to restore order in creation. Sickness is a disorder in the Body. The authority of Jesus to heal disordered nature is seen in the Gospel of today as He heals the sick. “They laid the sick in the market places, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of His garment; and as many as touched it were made well.”

The human person called from nothingness to orderliness has an inherent tendency to return to nothingness I.e. he can feel empty, lonely, bored, etc. We might not anticipate these feelings but confronted by them we need a touch of the authority that can create and re-create. A faith encounter with Jesus, no matter how brief or imperfect it might be, can transform us to wholeness and orderliness.

Fr Jude Chinwe Nwachukwu,  C.Ss.R
Immaculate Conception Parish,
Iba Estate,  Lagos.
Monday 11th February,  2019.