HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF 22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR I.
THEME: He would not allow them to speak because they knew he was the Christ.
BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Colossians 1:1-8
Psalm 51:10-11
Luke 4:38-44
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
GREEN
*INTRODUCTION*
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time, Year A.
*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In our first reading today, Paul reminded all of the faithful of Colossae to remain strong in their faith and to keep their commitment to God because the Lord has assured all those who are faithful to Him of His blessings and graces, and He has promised the glorious inheritance and wonders that will be theirs, and ours, in the end of times, when we shall be glorified with Him, and when we shall rejoice forevermore with God in His Presence, enjoying what the saints had been enjoying in the beatific vision and glory of Heaven. In order to do that, we have to be faithful and committed to God.
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*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
In our Gospel passage today, we heard of the moment when the Lord performed His many wonderful miracles and works, in healing the sick and all those who sought for His help, beginning with the very sick mother-in-law of St. Peter, one of His own Apostles. Words spread quickly and many came to the Lord with various troubles, and the Lord healed them all from their sickness and maladies. But then, we heard of the Lord then quietly moving away from the place, and telling His disciples to follow Him, despite the persuasions by them and the others in that place for Him to stay on there. The Lord told them that He has the mission to proclaim the Good News of God and to bring forth the same healing to more of the people of Israel, and in order to do so, He would have to go forth and continue to carry out His missions and works.
*CONCLUSION*
Dear brothers and sisters, we are all called to be mediators in that sense, to bring Jesus to others and to bring others to Jesus. One of the ways that we give expression to that role of being a mediator is by interceding with Jesus on behalf of others, just as people interceded with Jesus on behalf of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law. The prayer of intercession has always been a central expression of Christian prayer. What we do with our intercessory prayer we are also called to do with our whole lives. We bring others to the Lord and bring the Lord to others by the lives we life. The Lord wants to be present in a life-giving way to others through us. In the first reading Paul speaks of Epaphras as the missionary who first brought the Lord to the people in Colossae. We are all called to bring the Lord to each other, and we can only do that with the help which the Lord alone can give. That is why we need to pray for ourselves, as well as for others.
*Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.*
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