We have been hearing from the 2nd letter of St Paul to the Corinthians in our first readings at daily Mass for the last two weeks. At the time St Paul wrote this letter, the community in Corinth was drifting away from the true faith and there was no longer a strong sense of unity and solidarity amongst its members. Paul was trying to draw them back into the true teachings of Christ, to bring them back to the message that they originally heard, which Paul says is the true Gospel. That is what I like about having our lectionary of daily and Sunday readings. If I had to choose what to preach on each week, it would be easy to concentrate on what was comforting and easy to understand. However, sometimes the message we hear in the Sacred Scriptures is something we struggle with. It is easy to label each other in society. We can see a great division, polarization, and disunity in many facets of our society, particularly in politics. In the Church, it is easy to label a priest or a parishioner liberal or conservative. But the beauty of our faith is that we all have different gifts to bring. We all have different experiences and different outlooks. If we would truly journey together and learn from each other, trying to be true to the message of the Gospel and to forge ties of unity and solidarity, what wonderful seeds we would be sowing in our Church.
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