The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time [C]
Jer 1:4-5,17-19 + 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 [or 13:4-13] + Lk 4:21-30
February 3, 2019
But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
While the readings of any given Sunday’s Mass generally build up to the passage from the Gospel, this Sunday the Second Reading is more likely to grab our attention. This passage of Saint Paul, so commonly heard at weddings, has much to teach us, but only if we resist the tendency to interpret it according to our own standards. Instead, we need to allow it to lead us to the heart of the Gospel, where God’s standard is far greater: more demanding, but also more fulfilling. Continue reading