Fourth Sunday: Jer 1:4, 5, 17-19; 1 Cor 12:31-13:13; Lk 4:21-30

A prophet must swim against the tide, and will encounter opposition, perhaps even suffering. Preachers and prophets are needed so that, as one commentator put it, 'the rumour of God may be kept alive'.

sundaythoughts.com   Martin Tierney.

As  Christians we are called to bear witness to the good news that god is a living force in our lives. God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son, to suffer and die for our sins so that we would not have to.