Sermon/Homily for 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 28th January 2024
Sermon/Homily for 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 28th January 2024 Deuteronomy 18:15-20. Psalm 95:1-2,6-7abc,7d-9. 1 Corinthians 7:32-35. Mark 1:21b-28. Theme: Jesus, the Expected Prophet. The first reading announces the coming of a prophet who will speak in the name of God. Moses from his deathbed foretold that God would raise up a prophet like him, and He would put his words in his mouth, and the prophet would speak on God's behalf. Here, the Catholic Church understood this person to be our Lord Jesus, who came at the fullness of time (cf.Heb.1:1). The prophecy of Moses is fulfilled in today's Gospel in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. He doesn't communicate the word of God the way the rabbis used to; his message is new and proclaims it "with authority." Even the unclean spirit testified to his authority, saying, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God" (Mark 1:24). Jesus us...