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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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