HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 3rd WEEK OF LENT.

TUESDAY HOMILY / HOLY WEEK - YEAR B THEME: One of you will betray me! BY: Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor  Is. 49:1-6; John 13:21-33,36-38 Many of us don't like Judas Iscariot;

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 3rd WEEK OF LENT.

BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
Jeremiah 7:23-28
Psalm 94:1-2,6-9
Luke 11:14-23

FROM OUR FIRST READING
In today’s first reading, God, speaking through the prophet Jeremiah, complains that his people have not been listening to him; they have not been paying attention to what he has been saying to them. Listening to the Lord is always at the core of our relationship with him. In the words of today’s responsorial psalm, ‘O that, today, you would listen to his voice’.

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FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In this morning’s gospel reading, Jesus meets with people who put the worst possible interpretation on his healing and life-giving work. They claim that the power behind such work is ultimately the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, the power of Satan. They were blind to the reality that it was the kingdom of God that was overtaking them through the ministry of Jesus. It is hard to imagine people having such a terribly skewed view of Jesus. Yet, to a much lesser degree perhaps, we are all prone to misreading situations and people.

CONCLUSION
The gospel reading suggests that we can fail to see what Jesus calls ‘the finger of God’ at work around us. We can miss something very significant, something of God, for whatever reason. Perhaps we are working out of prejudices that we haven’t fully acknowledged or the way we might imagine how God draws near to us is too limited and fails to do justice to the surprising nature of God’s ways. The journey of repentance for all of us involves a growing openness to the many ways that the kingdom of God is overtaking us and the finger of God is at work among us.

 

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