--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 1/11/10 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 1/11/10 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2010/01/11/daily-readings-reflection-for-11110#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 1/11/10 Jan 11, 2010 9:05:40 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on Today’s Daily Readings by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture for Monday of Ordinary Time, year 2. Lectionary # 305. I Sam.1:1-8. Psalm 116:12-13.14-17.18-19. Mark 1:14-20. Firsts, beginnings, initiations, and birthdays are important in our lives. We can learn how to make them even more important by living them out in the perspective we gain from what we know from Jesus through the liturgical readings and from our faith development through study and pondering over the word of God. On this first day of ordinary time, we learn that Jesus immediately (one of Mark's favorite words) begins his active ministry realizing that the role of John the Baptist is completed. John is now in prison and soon will be a martyr. The long awaited and recently anticipated arrival of the one who is to come, now is on the scene and starts his ministry with vigor and determination. The short active life of Jesus begins with what we hear today in Mark. Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Mary, begins doing the will of God by proclaiming that the kingdom of God is here and that we all, who want to be a part of it, must reform, renew, and invigorate our lives with a profound change in our way of judging and thinking. Mark captures this by telling us throughout his Gospel that we are to think the thoughts of God and not our own or others human thoughts. Priority is part of conversion. Through our baptism and our own following of Jesus we are enlightened by the Presence of Jesus in Word and Sacrament. Like his first four disciples in this Gospel--Peter, Andrew, James and John, we are called to begin anew our dedication to Jesus in this ordinary flow of liturgical time. We enter into the mystery of Jesus primarily through the liturgy and the sacraments. We are fortunate this year to start with the earlies memories of Jesus from the fresh green hills of Galilee as Mark narrates his active ministry. We are startled that this time came upon us so fast after the nostaligic and even sentimental memories that Christmas and Epiphany bring into our lives. Now something deeper and special is happening in our love relationship with Jesus. Yes, we have heard this early proclamation of Mark many times and it will be used often in Lent, but today it is new and exciting. Our prayer life is enhanced and our ministerial concerns are motivated with renewed energy coming from within our souls. We are summoned like the four to be aware, alert, and responsive to the calls of Jesus. We are to bring him directly into our work, our ministry, our apostolic endeavors. Let us listen carefully to these words of Jesus: "This is the time of fulfillment. the reign of God is at hand! Reform your lives and believe in the Good News. That is a "beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." (Mark 1:14-15; Mark 1:1). 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