Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Are we ready to be the "Next Man Up?"

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

January 22, 2017

There is a saying in football – “Next Man Up.”  It means that you need to be ready to move up and replace someone who is injured on the field.  When Herod Antipas arrested John the Baptist, it was as if Jesus was the next man up in order to keep the message that John had prophesized for so long to continue.  ‘”Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.  He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me…’”   While we know that Jesus is irreplaceable, Jesus called his disciples to step up and be the next man up.  Jesus calls us to do the same.  Are we ready to be, “The Next Man Up?”

                   - Deacon Jim