Readings & Reflections: Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time & St. Paul the Hermit, January 15,2016 Fallen human beings try to refashion reality. That is why the people of Israel defiantly demand that Samuel appoint for them a king; that is why the scribes repudiate Christ’s genuine authority to forgive sins. The “splendor … Continue reading Readings & Reflections: Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time & St. Paul the Hermit, January 15,2016