Present form of the world is passing away

The title today is from the end of the passage in the Roman Catholic Lectionary from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 7:31). The commentary from Friar Jude Winkler today points out that the reading from the Book of Jonah and the Gospel of Mark are related. Noah is bringing the news of returning to a relation with God through repentance to the people of the Assyrian capital of Nineveh, who are conquerers and oppressors of Israel. He is very reluctant to do this yet it is the will of God and it has the effect that God intended. Jesus begins His ministry in Galilee by calling fishermen to follow Him and become agents of the Good News and "fishers of men". The lives of these people changed dramatically as they responded to the call to action. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians is advising his readers to be prepared as "end time" is near evidenced by the Resurrection of  Jesus which, in Jewish tradition, was the beginning of the resurrection of the dead which preceded the final days of the world. The call to conversion is the call to change and as a consequence the present form of the world as we understand it and perhaps feel comfortable with is changing. The movement is one which exercises the gift of faith. The trust needed to move trusting in the Love inherent in the call is akin to the child hearing the parent encourage them to try the skates, skis or jump in the pool. The leap of faith which opens the new experience is based on the trust that the Love will not let me down. On to Nineveh as our world changes!