The Second Sunday of the Year
Is 49:3 & 5-6; 1 Cor 1:1-3; Jn 1:29-34 (Year A)
"The Lord said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel, in whom I shall be glorified.’ I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord; my God was my strength.”
The words of the prophet Isaiah present the reflections of the Suffering Servant, destined to become Israel’s salvation. There is a touching contrast between the humility of the Servant, who considered that thus far he had laboured in vain, and the glory conferred on him by God’s gracious call. “It is not enough for you to be my servant. I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.”
