TUESDAY 26TH JANUARY 2021
MEMORIAL OF STS. TIMOTHY AND TITUS
2 Timothy 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5
Mark 3:31-35
THE CHURCH BUILT ON THE APOSTLES
Yesterday we celebrated the feast of St Paul, who worked tirelessly for the foundation of the Christian faith from it's very beginning. Today we celebrate 2 great colleagues of Paul in his Missionary sojourn.
St Timothy seems to be the most intimate disciple of Paul. It is very likely that Timothy embraced the Christian faith during Paul's first Missionary journey to Lystra in 47AD when Timothy was about 15 years. Timothy accepted and grew in the faith that after 4 years, his zeal and virtues about the things of God was very obvious that Paul took him as a travelling companion alongside Silas. He spent the next 13 years with Paul as they moved round the whole of the Asia minor to preach the gospel. Timothy appears to have been very young, but he was very mature. It is proposed that he was only 32 years old when he was made Bishop of Ephesus. He served the church faithfully with the whole of his life.
St Titus was another great disciple of Paul, said to be a native of Antioch. He had acted as Paul's interpreter and secretary and also a co-worker. Paul spoke very highly of Titus. In his epistle to Titus, we see much of the qualities presbytery must have.
These great Apostles gave their lives for the gospel and built a great foundation for the Christian faith. We too must be ready as Christians to make sacrifices for the sake of the gospel. God help us. Amen.
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP.
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