Martin Jumbam
Mother Church celebrates Sunday, February 1, 2015, as the fourth Sunday of ordinary time, Year B. In the Entrance Antiphon we pray: “Save us, Lord our God, and gather us together from the nations, that we may proclaim your holy name and glory in your praise. Amen.” The theme of this day’s Mass is Jesus as the prophetic teacher, who teaches with authority, a sharp contrast to the teaching of the Scribes and Pharisees. This message comes out quite forcefully in Saint Mark’s Gospel of this day. The prophetic role of our Lord was foretold in the Old Testament reading from Deuteronomy in the first reading, when God promised Moses he would send such a teacher in the shape of a prophet walking in Moses’ footsteps. In his First Letter to the Corinthians, we hear Saint Paul continuing what he began last Sunday, that is, praising virginity and celibacy as states that allow the Christian time to give the Lord his/her undivided attention.
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