5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Mark 1:29-39
“Everybody is looking for you.’ He answered, ‘Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns, so that I can preach there too, because that is why I came”. In these words of Jesus, we can see that He wants to reach out to everyone. He is not going to those who already knew Him. He is going to new places and towns so that He can preach there too. The Good News that God loves us is not something exclusive to some. It must be preached to everyone. This is why we cannot consider someone or somewhere as strange. It’s comfortable to be in the midst of people who knows. But when we want to preach Gospel to new people and to new places, we will have different challenges. But that is why we are called for. So don’t turn away our faces to new people to whom also we must preach the Good News. Let’s reflect: We must move out of our comfort zone to preach Gospel to all.