HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF 14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME.
THEME: Your faith has restored you to health.
BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Genesis 28:10-22
Psalm 90:1-4,14-15
Matthew 9:18-26
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
GREEN
*INTRODUCTION*
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time, Year A.
*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In our first reading today, we heard from the story of Jacob who was on his way in exile, fleeing from the wrath of his brother Esau after he has taken away his inheritance and the blessing that his father Isaac had meant to give to the elder brother. Jacob was by himself, an exile from his own family and homeland, at Bethel, where he laid down his head and slept. God showed Jacob a great heavenly vision, showing him His might and power, and how He was with him, and would be with him throughout his path and journey forward, reaffirming with him the same promises that He had made with Jacob’s grandfather, Abraham, in the Covenant that God Himself has made and established with Abraham and his descendants.
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*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
In this morning’s gospel reading two people approach Jesus in their need, a synagogue official who approaches Jesus on behalf of his daughter and a woman with a haemorrhage who approaches Jesus on her own behalf. The way the people approach Jesus is quite different. The synagogue official approaches Jesus in a very public way, bowing low in front of him and speaking aloud his need and his request. The woman approaches Jesus very privately, touching the fringe of his cloak, and speaking only to herself. None of us approaches the Lord in exactly the same way.
*CONCLUSION*
None of us approaches the Lord in exactly the same way. Our way of relating to the Lord always has a quality that is unique to each of us, just as we each have a unique way of relating to others people. Both the synagogue official and the woman were people of faith but they each expressed their faith very differently. Our faith brings us together as a community of faith, but in doing so it does not suppress our individuality. In the gospel Jesus responded generously to the very different approaches of the synagogue official and of the woman. He made no distinction between them but was equally responsive to their need and their cry for help. The Lord’s response to us is always shaped by and respectful of the unique way that we approach him.
May God bless our new Week through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.
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