FIFTH SUNDAY OF THE ORDINARY TIME YEAR A Salt of the earth and light of the world INTRODUCTION AND CONFITEOR Salt adds flavour to food and keeps it from going bad. Light brightens up the world and shows people the way. In today’s Gospel Jesus tells his disciples that they are to be like light…
THIRD SUNDAY OF THE ORDINARY TIME YEAR A A light shines in the dark INTRODUCTION AND CONFITEOR St Matthew describes Christ’s mission like this: ‘The people who lived in darkness have seen a great light’. We too live in a world darkened by violence, injustice, hatred, war, and death. We desperately need the light of…
SECOND SUNDAY OF THE ORDINARY TIME YEAR A The arrival of the Saviour INTRODUCTION AND CONFITEOR In the Gospel of today’s Mass, John the Baptist points out Jesus to the people as the long-awaited Saviour. Jesus came to take away our sins. He came to heal our wounds. He came to renew us through the…