Sunday 6th December 2009

Second Sunday of lent Year C

Readings: Bar 5: 1-9; Phil 1: 3-6, 8-11; Lk 3: 1-6

We need heroes, role models ... Che Guevara has been such to two generations of young people... Have we been presenting an eratz (inferior substitute or imitation) Christ to the people? ... Jesus is the leader to whom John the Baptist points in today's Gospel. His agenda for change is far more radical than that of Guevara's. It starts with a change of heart rather than structures ... leaving the old behind and taking on the image of christ ... indifference or apathy where Christ is concerned is not an option.

Sundaythoughts.com Martin Tierney