HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME.
THEME: Anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it.
BY: Rev. Fr. Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
2 Corinthians 3:15-4:1,3-6
Psalm 84:9-14
Matthew 5:20-26
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
GREEN
*INTRODUCTION*
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time, Year A.
*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
Paul makes a striking statement in this morning’s first reading, ‘this Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom’. ‘Freedom’ is one of the great values of our age. There is an emphasis on people’s freedom to choose. Saint Paul had a very particular understanding of freedom, ‘where the Spirit is, there is freedom’. For him, the truly free person is the person whose life is shaped by the Spirit, who is led by Spirit, in whose life is to be found the fruit of the Spirit. The primary fruit of the Spirit for Paul is love, love as it was revealed in the life of Christ, self-emptying love in the service of others.
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*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
In today’s gospel reading, Jesus declares that if any of his Jewish contemporaries were bringing their offering to the altar in the Jewish temple and they remember that someone has something against them they should first be reconciled with their brother or sister and only then present their offering.
*CONCLUSION*
The Lord will always send us out to work to be reconciled with those who have something against us. We may not succeed in our efforts, but the Lord calls on us to be prepared always to make the first move. ‘Go and be reconciled’ Jesus declares. We are not just to wait for others to take the initiative; we have to make the move, even if in doing so we fail. The Lord took the initiative to reconcile us to himself, through his life, death and resurrection; he calls on us to be as ready as he was to take the same initiative when a relationship needs reconciling.
Your Word is indeed my Strength oh Lord out God. Have a Blessed Thursday everyone.
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