Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Through tears and rainfall
You raised my soul, whispering
Please, tell our story

Is 8:23 – 9:3 / 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 / Mt 4:12-23

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isaiah 8:23-9:3; Psalms 27:1-14; 1 Corinthians 1:10-17; Matthew 4:12-23

We love division. God creates us as a single family. We split up into tribes. Jesus comes to reunite us. We split up into more tribes. Is this just about jockeying for power and control? Or do our rivalries stem from deeper longings? Our plethora of tribes do have a sort of "look at me" quality about them, don't they? Well, guess what, it is time for us to get over our fear of being lost in the crowd. God is tired of our divisions. They do not want more churches or sects. No, they want their children to start acting like the family that they are. For that family is our light and our salvation.