The Third Sunday of the Year Is 8:23 – 9:3; 1 Cor 1:10-13; Mt 4:12-23 (year a)
‘I appeal to you brothers, for the sake of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to make up the differences between you, and instead of disagreeing among yourselves, be united again in your belief and in your practice.”
St Paul’s plea to the fledgling church of Corinth was in response to the bitter divisions that had overwhelmed this community from its beginning. The questions that divided Corinth long ago continue to divide today, especially those concerning leadership, sexual morality and the nature of the resurrection from the dead.
