In the First Reading, Job presents a bleak picture of life, saying it's hopeless and full of restlessness.
In this state of despair, God comes to our world in Jesus to bring us healing. It is a power that is unmistakable, for as the Gospel reading from Mark records, "The whole town was gathered at the door" (Mark 1:33 NAB), of the house where Peter's mother-in-law lay ill before Jesus cured her, so all their sick could be healed. His healing powers further demonstrate the power of the Gospel to bring us healing through salvation.
God raises us from despair to a new purpose in life, to preach the Gospel, which St. Paul, as he writes in the 2nd reading, saw as his one purpose.
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