Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This week I preached off of an outline instead of a full script. Here's the outline for the week:

• Do we understand what it means to be a prophet?
  
  • Guy standing with "End is near" sign
    
  • Prophetic speech
    
    • Idea that prophesy is telling the future
    
    
  • Prophet appears throughout our readings
    
    • Jeremiah's call
      
    • St. Paul "prophesying partially"
      
    • Our Lord "prophet without honor in his native place"
  
  
• 2 purposes in the OT for prophesy
  
  • Call to conversion
    
    • Israel kept falling away from God the Father
      
    • Prophets called them back
    
    
  • Point to future coming of Jesus
    
    • Show fulfillment of covenant
      
    • "Partial will pass away"
      
      • Revelation in Jewish Covenant was partial
        
      • Jesus is the fullness of revelation
        
        • "The perfect"
  
  
• We are called to be prophets
  
  • Through baptism we share in Christ's ministry
    
    • CCC 436: "Jesus fulfilled the messianic hope of Israel in His threefold office of priest, prophet, and king."
    
    
  • What does it look like to be a prophet?
    
    • Not foretelling the future
      
    • 2 purposes
      
      • Call to conversion
        
        • Need to do this first in our lives
          
          • Lead others by example
        
        
      • Point to Jesus
        
        • We need to live our lives by following Christ
          
        • Allow our witness and example to bring others to Him
        
        
      • Priest assembly
        
        • Example of priests = vocations
          
        • Example of dedicated Christians = more followers of Christ
  
  
• We are all called to be prophets through our baptisms. Are we willing to answer that call?