3RD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME.
READINGS:
1R: Is 8:23 b - 9 : 3.
PS 26 : 1, 4, 13 - 14
2R: 1 Cor 1: 10 - 13, 17
GOS MT 4: 12 - 23.
THE CENTRAL THEME OF TODAY'S READING IS :
JESUS IS THE LIGHT WHO DRIVES AWAY THE DARKNESS OF DEATH AND DESPAIR.
THE VERY FACT THAT HE BEGAN HIS MINISTRY IN GALILEE MAKES THE EVANGELIST MATHEW TO REMEMBER THAT IT IS IN FULFILLMENT OF ISAIAH'S PROPHESY.
WE ALSO CAN DRAW THE LESSON THAT JESUS BY HIS MINISTRY CONFIRMS THAT GOD HAS A PREFERENCE FOR THE MARGINALIZED,THE POOR ,THE POWERLESS---------- IN ONE WORD " THE ANAVIM "
