Coming back... but who?
Friday, 14th week in Ordinary Time
Hos 14: 2-10; Mt 10: 16-23
The first reading repeatedly speaks to us an important term: coming back! "Come back," the Lord urges the people. Hosea brings out the tender compassion of the Lord insisting on the relationship we have with the Lord or rather the relationship God has with us.
Though the Lord keeps saying again and again 'come back', finally one who comes back is the Lord himself. Through the prophets and holy men and women, through the only Son and even today in various means, it is the Lord who comes back to us how many ever times we go away from God.
The year of mercy is a reminder of this fact and a challenge to live up to the unconditional love the Lord showers on us.
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