Catholic homily for Saturday of the 26th week in Ordinary Time Cycle I
Theme: WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER…..”Jesus warn His disciples to “not despise the little ones?”
Homily for Saturday October 2 2021
Memorial, Guardian Angels
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 18,1-5.10.
First of all, children remind us that we all, in the first years of life, were completely dependent upon the care and benevolence of others. The Son of God was not spared this stage. Thus, children are in and of themselves a treasure for humanity and also for the Church, for they constantly evoke that necessary condition for entering the Kingdom of God: that of not considering ourselves self-sufficient, but in need of help, of love, of forgiveness. We all are in need of help, of love and of forgiveness! Children remind us of another beautiful thing: they remind us that we are always sons and daughters. Even if one becomes an adult, or an elderly person, even if one becomes a parent, if one occupies a position of responsibility, underneath all of this is still the identity of a child. We are all sons and daughters. And this always brings us back to the fact that we did not give ourselves life but that we received it. The great gift of life is the first gift that we received. Sometimes in life we risk forgetting about this, as if we were the masters of our existence. (General Audience, 18 March 2015)