Mc 3,13-19 – Friday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time
Jesus goes up the mountain and calls to him those he wants. Not the best, not the most prepared, not the most consistent, but those that He desires. Faith does not begin with what we do for God, but with what we allow God to do with us. He calls them for three things: being with Him, being sent, having authority over evil. But the order is decisive.
First stay, then go. First relationship, then mission. First be looked at, then look. Without this order, everything turns upside down: doing becomes frenetic, commitment becomes escape, service becomes power. Among these called ones there are evident fragilities: impulsiveness, ambitions, fears, even betrayal. Jesus knows it. And he calls them anyway. This is perhaps the most destabilizing aspect: God does not wait until we are ready to call us. He calls us to become ready by walking with Him.
The Christian vocation it is not the reward for the righteousbut the path for those who accept to let themselves be transformed. In this sense, the fundamental characteristic of a believer is the willingness to convert, not the commitment to pretend not to have defects or weaknesses to fight. Becoming holy or getting lost does not depend on our human, relational, spiritual characteristics, but depends on what we do with who we are.
Friday 23 January 2026 – FRIDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME (EVEN YEAR)
