Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
Deut 30:10-14; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 (Year C)
"Christ Jesus is the image of the unseen God and the firstborn of all creation, for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, everything visible and invisible.”
These verses, cited in the Letter to the Colossians, have been identified as a hymn in common use from the earliest times. Quite possibly this hymn was used in the celebration of baptism.
As the hymn unfolds, we glimpse the wonder of a Risen Lord who makes us one with himself, calling us to a peace that embraces the whole of creation. “Before anything was created, he existed, and he holds all things in unity.”
