HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR II.
THEME: What shall I compare the kingdom of God with?
BY: Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA
HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 25 2022.
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Ephesians 5:21-33
Psalm 127:1-5
Luke 13:18-21
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
GREEN
*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In our first reading of today, we heard the words of the Apostle reminding all the faithful there to do the will of God, and that every members of the Christian community ought to play their part in living their lives faithfully as they should have. St. Paul exhorted everyone to live virtuously, in their various positions and obligations, in their respective parts of the community, to follow the path that God has revealed and set before them, and to be true Christians in all things, and not just for appearances only.
*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
In this morning’s gospel reading Jesus speaks two parables, one featuring a man and the other featuring a woman. Both suggest that something very small can produce effects far beyond what might have been expected. The farmer threw a mustard seed into his garden and from it grew a tree whose branches provide shelter for the birds of the air. A woman places a small piece of yeast in a batch of dough and the result is a leavened batch of bread which feeds several people. Jesus is saying that the kingdom of God is like that. God can work powerfully through the smallest of gestures.
*CONCLUSION*
The little good that we do can have consequences far beyond our imagining. The small initiatives we take in the service of another can bear fruit that we could never have intended. The small step to reach out in love towards someone can launch a movement of love that we never anticipated. In the course of his ministry the Lord did not usher in the kingdom of God in a blaze of glory. Rather in his day to day encounters with ordinary people he sowed seeds of the kingdom and eventually those seeds went on to produce a wonderful harvest. We are all called to sow seeds of the kingdom in the day to day circumstances of our lives; we are called to act out of the values of the kingdom in our daily encounters with others. In so doing we are sowing the seeds of a harvest beyond our imagining.
The Lord Be With You!