General. We attend Sunday Mass in thanksgiving to the Lord for all that He has done with is during the week, for making us humans and raising to the level of beings capable of praise, like angels, and for giving us a community, the Church, within which to live. Sins against our neighbour are sins against the whole community for which in early life, one used to be banished from the Church and only return to the Living Body on Maundy Thursday after making due and visible penance. In calling God as Our Father we would be recognizing the communitarian aspect of the Church, just as when we used to proclaim at the end of the Preface that together with the angels we ‘sing with one voice’

Amos. God takes care of all, rich and poor, but mostly bends His ear to the plight of humble and grief stricken. The rich have it well in this world and many a time God goes all out out in favour of the poor by striking at the rich in their forgetfulness of the greater part of humanity. Even the law of nature teaches that the greater the wealth and the time spent in it, the greater the probability of a sinister occurrence happening to the person living such ‘unnatural’ life.

Epistle to Timothy. St Paul reminds Timothy of the meaning of the Baptism he has received, introducing him to life everlasting. That makes him walk in Christ’s footsteps, be another Christ, have justice and goodness, among others, within him. The statement of faith catechumens did infront of the congregation before being admitted to Christianity, compares well with Christ’s witness before Pontius Pilate. Baptism gives boldness and courage to live up to the faith received, all by the grace of God and in the name of Jesus.

St Luke. Incredulity among humans makes them lose faith in their neighbours and community. Not believing in eternal life causes havoc for many a person who, though baptized, seeks comfort in worldly pleasures. Yet we have been sent angels, or announcers, to put us on the right path and to enlighten us in our way towards God. Heaven and hell do exist, and both start from this very world in our own lifetime. Social justice is one of the merits that uplift man and give him a sense of oneness with God.

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