Hebrews 1:1-6 / Mark 1:14-20
As we begin Ordinary Time in the Church's liturgical calender, we can also say that we have begun the year in the chronological time.
After all we are only 10 days into the new year and we are making plans and considering the options to determine the direction ahead for us.
We will certainly pray about what we need to do and ask God to help us in our decisions.
Yet we often lament that we don't "hear" anything from God and that God don't seem to "say" anything.
We often associate speaking and hearing with words.
The 1st reading says that at various times in the past and in various ways, God spoke through the prophets and finally He spoke through His Son.
So God did "speak" but it takes a quiet heart to "hear" His voice.
In the gospel, Jesus called Peter and Andrew and James and John to follow Him.
They were able to leave their nets and boats because they heard His call in their hearts.
Let us begin Ordinary Time with quiet hearts so as to hear the voice of God.
It is in the ordinary, the monotony and the mundane that God often speaks to us.