Sunday 3 February

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary time

Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19, Ps.71, 1 Cor.12:31-13:13, Luke 4:21-30

Love is eternal

Todays’ second reading, from St Paul to the Corinthians, must be one of the best known passages in the Bible. So well- known we sometimes lose the wonder of it. For our prayer today could we try and read it with fresh eyes and grasp more fully the wonder and mystery that is love: the love we have been shown in its fullness by Jesus, and the love which will last for all eternity.