WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE? 3rd Sunday OT B

POINTING TO THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD

Brothers and sisters,
No one wants to be criticized, not especially if it is with my acid tongue. But now and again we all need a Jonah in our lives, someone who will come along and shake things up; someone who will nudge us and say, hey, you’re doing it wrong! I fell foul to this this recently.
The three readings today are doing exactly that. They all underline our absolute need of repentance and our immediate need for a prompt response to God’s call to change our ways - To repent .
In the 1st reading we hear how God converts Jonah and gives him the unpleasant task of pointing out to the people of Nineveh their failings.The wicked people of Nineveh, accepted Jonah's message, and promptly responded to God’s call to change their ways.
In the second reading, Paul urges the Christian community in Corinth to lose no time in accepting the message of the Gospel and in renewing their lives with repentance because Jesus’ second coming may occur at any moment.
In today’s Gospel according to St Mark, Jesus arrives in Galilee after John the Baptist's arrest and began preaching and telling the people "The time has come’ and challenging them to "Repent, and believe the Good News.’
Who has God our Creator placed in your lives/ in my life in the role of Jonah?Do we have the grace of open ears and hearts to receive the message? Are we redeemable? What is your response? Oh that today you would listen to his voice, harden not your hearts.