Sermon/Homily for 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 4TH FEBRUARY 2024
Sermon/Homily for 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 4TH FEBRUARY 2024 Job 7:1-4,6-7. Psalm147:1-2,3-4,5-6. 1 Corinthians 9:16-19,22-23. Mark 1:29-39. Theme: Jesus and Suffering Humanity. When we reflect on the terrible problems some people have and the evil that goes on in the world, we ask ourselves why it should be like this? Why does God who is almighty and all-powerful not prevent suffering in the world? In trying to come to grip with the cold realities of our existence, we can easily become frustrated. The Book of Job from which our first reading was taken was written to tell us that it is wrong to query God about his ways. Since God's ways are not ours. When Job realised that he had no right to demand an answer from God about his suffering, he said, "Therefore, I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me which I did not know" (Job 42:3). Job describes in dramatic terms in the first reading the situation of humanity on earth. The lesson the...