11/01/2022

The readings today confirm that God has concern for the lowly. His love is shown in the story of Hannah and the birth of Samuel. Why did God choose to favour Hannah and not some other barren woman? I suppose that the answer to that is that he did but we only know of her for the son was Samuel a prophet of the Lord.

God cares for all the men and women living in our world and with equal love for all; we feel that some of us have better lives in terms of riches, health and human respect and this is true. We must always know that not everyone can be a King or a President; an alogarithim creator or an influencer. All our talents as humans come from God. From those given most, most will be required. 

Wherever we start our awareness from, we are all living towards our deaths and it is then that we will see that the purposes of our lives are all one. God favours Hannah for she shows that she knows he is Love and will answer her prayers. Prayers are always answered even in unanticipated ways. It is hard to understand but the unanticipated answer is always better than our request for that is God's answer

Jesus' charisma gives him authority and even the unclean spirits obey him. On that day in the synagoue at Capernaum not all the witnesses to  this miracle of presence and deed continued to follow Jesus but were even among those who condemned him three years later.