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The Gospel of this, the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time says to us, “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored…You are the light of the world…no one after lighting a lamp puts it under a bushel basket.” I’d like to explore with you these themes in today’s homily.
On this 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Church in Her liturgy gives us the Beatitudes, a text that should form the backbone of our Christian life.
Let us consider some themes of this Third Sunday of Ordinary Time: the themes of passing from darkness into light, of moving from factions to unity, and the theme of call, the call of the first Apostles. Today is also the Sunday of the Word of God.
The Solemnity of the Epiphany invites us to rejoice at the great light that has come into the world – this light is the Word of God made flesh, Jesus Christ himself.
At the beginning of Anno Domini 2023, we place ourselves under the maternal protection and care of the great Mother of God, Mary most holy. We ask her to guide our steps and our hearts, as we begin another year in the civil calendar. May she pray for us always.
Fr. Paweł Ratajczak, OMI, Br. Grzegorz Loska, OMI, and Fr. Jerry Gauvreau, CC
On this Gaudete Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Joy, I would like to focus with you on the Gospel, St. John the Baptist, and Jesus’ question – what did you come to look at?