Sunday 21 January 2018
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
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1 Corinthians 7:29-31 (NRSV)
I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no possessions, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
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It feels like this reading ought to be in Advent and not in between Epiphany and Lent. And yet there is a message that is always good to hear in this reading. Paul is challenging our priorities. This reading is stressing a focus on the eternal things in the midst of things temporal. It reminds me of the reprimand of Jesus following the feeding of the multitudes in John 6 when he teaches: "Strive for the bread that lasts." What are we focused on and striving for that which lasts forever?
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Fr. Timothy Alleman
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