HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY- EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A
THEME OF THE HOMILY: Give thanks for what you have and it will all be clean.
BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA
READINGS OF THE DAY
Romans 1:16-25
Psalm 18:2-5
Luke 11:37-41
LITURGICAL COLOUR: RED
INTRODUCTION
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A. And today, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch, one of the earliest Church fathers and leaders of the Church.
FROM OUR FIRST READING
In our first reading today, the apostle Paul mentioned that the Good News of God had been revealed to all of God’s faithful people, through Christ, His Son, and through His servants, the Apostles and disciples who have laboured hard to proclaim His Good News and truth to more and more of the people all throughout the world. However, there were those who continue to be deluded and misled by their attachments to worldly things, to power, glory and worldly pleasures among other things.
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FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
We know from experience that different things are important to different people. What is important to me is not necessarily important to someone else. We can get upset when something we think is important is not taken seriously by someone else who has a connection with us. In the gospel reading, Jesus is invited to a meal by a Pharisee. The Jewish ritual of washing in a certain way before meals was clearly a matter of importance to Jesus’ host, but it wasn’t an issue of any significance to Jesus. Other matters were more important to him. He tells his host that external ritual washings are far less important to him than the values and attitudes that we carry within us.
CONCLUSION
Jesus looks for that inner disposition that finds expression in almsgiving, for example. This was a very important Jewish practice for Jesus, the willingness to give generously from our resources to those in need. The gospel reading reminds us that what we think important is not necessarily what the Lord considers important. What we value is not always what he values. We spend our lives trying to imbibe his values, his priorities, and allowing them to shape our hearts and minds. As Paul says, we are to put on the mind of Christ. We need to keep turning to the Scriptures, and to the gospels in particular, if our priorities are to be in keeping with the Lord’s priorities, if our mind and heart are to reflect something of his mind and heart.
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, Pray for us sinners.
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