| Sunday,
29th January 2012
Fourth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
“His
teaching made a deep impression on them because,
unlike the scribes, he taught them with authority.”
As
Christians we believe that Jesus is the one
above all others who can teach us about God.
And the God that he reveals to us is a God of
infinite love and compassion. At times we, as
the Church, move away from this God and create
a God of fear and judgement. Our responsibility
is to move back very firmly to the God of Jesus.
We also believe that Jesus is the one above
all others who can teach us about the meaning
of human life. He teaches us very clearly that
human life is about love. We make it about wealth,
or importance, or pleasure and we have to constantly
move back to pinning our hopes on love: in marriage;
in family life; in our life with one another
in our faith community. This is becoming more
and more important as our society changes with
such speed and can leave us without roots.
Fr.
Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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