Life is dynamic and it is always changing.
As it is said, we don't step into the same river twice.
We may have our plans but life just happens.
But we are creatures of habit and we would rather stick to routines and hope that nothing changes that much.
For Eli and Samuel in the 1st reading, a significant change was about to happen.
The Lord called out to Samuel, but Samuel went to Eli, and Eli didn't expect anything unusual.
But after the third time, Eli understood that it was the Lord calling Samuel.
In the gospel, Jesus had a packed day of curing people of their diseases and casting out demons.
But early the next morning, He went off to a lonely place to pray.
Jesus had to be sensitive to the dynamic and changing needs of His mission and ministry.
May we always have time to pray so that we will be able to sense where God is calling us to and what He wants us to do.