Walking with Jesus: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time A
For Sunday, February 8, 2026 Isaiah 58:7-10, 1 Corinthians 1:1-5, Matthew 5:13-16 I look back and remember, and I reflect on when : When did I learn how to do things? Little things? When do we develop confidence in ourselves? Is it when we learn how to put together toys, games? When we learn how to throw and bat a ball? When we play with and dress dolls? Confidence comes when we KNOW we can do something for ourselves ... and we feel a sense of pride for having mastered the ability. Our lives are a series of discovering that we can do things … be successful. And compliments come, building us up. But can we also remember times when this confidence was hindered or smashed — when when we were told it was bad or we were no good? Unfortunately there are individuals who cannot or will not help us develop into the person God intends us to be — a person of love, caring and forgiveness, helping those in need. In today’s readings Jesus instructs us on the meaning of discipleship: How God loves us...