HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF 2ND WEEK IN ADVENT SEASON, YEAR B
SAINT OF THE DAY Memorial of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
THEME OF THE HOMILY: The one lost sheep gives him more joy than the ninety-nine that did not stray.
BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA
READINGS OF THE DAY
Isaiah 40:1-11
Psalm 95:1-3,10-13
Matthew 18:12-14
LITURGICAL COLOUR
PURPLE/ WHITE
INTRODUCTION
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Tuesday of the second Week in Advent Season Year B. And today in a special we commemorate Memorial of Our Lady Guadalupe.
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FROM OUR FIRST READING
The first reading this morning consists of the opening eleven verses of the book of Second Isaiah, as he is often termed. It is a message of consolation to a people who have endured many years of exile in Babylon. The prophet announces that God will soon act to bring them home. He will behave like a shepherd going out after lambs that have strayed. The reading ends with that very tender image of the shepherd gathering lambs in his arms and holding them against his breast.
FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In the parable of the lost sheep Jesus is giving us an image of God. A shepherd will go looking for one of his flock of a hundred sheep who rambles off and gets lost. Similarly, God is always seeking out those who have grown distant from him and from his community of believers. It was this searching God that Jesus came to reveal and make present. He spoke of himself as the Son of Man who came to seek out and save the lost. Jesus was the fullest revelation possible of the God that Isaiah sings about at the end of today’s first reading, the God who is like a shepherd feeding his flock, gathering lambs in his arms and holding them against his breast.
CONCLUSION
In other words, Jesus is primarily telling us that God will never stop in looking for a lost human being due to sin. God never neglects anyone for any reason whatsoever. He always goes and reclaims what has been lost. He never resigns in looking for us sinners. He is always seeking for us because He loves each one of us so much to the extent that He is even risking the ninety nine good persons in order to find us, sinners and bring us back to the flock. Actually God never risks anyone because the truth of the matter is that, practically, all of us have strayed away from Him.
Let us all therefore ask our Blessed and ever loving Mother, Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe to continue to intercede for each and every one of us.
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