HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF 23RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR I.
THEME: Happy are you who are poor, who are hungry, who weep.
BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Colossians 3:1-11
Psalm 144:2-3,10-13
Luke 6:20-26
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
GREEN
*INTRODUCTION*
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time, Year A.
*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In our first reading this morning, St. Paul exhorted the faithful Colossians to keep away from immorality and wickedness of the world, from all the impure desires and evils, from the worship of idols and all the other things that could make them to be corrupted by sin and wickedness of the world. They should reject the malice and the evils of worldly ways and customs, and instead, do what the Lord Himself has shown and taught them to do, in loving God and loving one another, with true and genuine faith and dedication. This is very important indeed as how we live our lives and faith will determine how others perceive this faith we have in God. As long as we do what is right and just according to the Law and commandments of God, keeping ourselves away from wickedness and evils of this world.
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*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
It seems strange to our ears that Jesus should declare the poor, the hungry and those who weep happy or blessed. Surely it makes more sense to declare them unfortunate or miserable. So often what Jesus says seems to go against how we would normally think. He prompts us to think again, to begin to see things from his point of view, from God’s point of view. In this morning’s gospel reading, Jesus does not declare the poor blessed because of their poverty, or the hungry blessed because of their hunger. Jesus declares them blessed in virtue of the promises that God makes to them. They will receive the kingdom; theywill be satisfied; they will laugh. God intends that their present condition will be reversed, and God will see to it that it is and that is why they are blessed. When is this reversal happen?
*CONCLUSION*
The teaching of Jesus in Luke’s gospel makes clear that this reversal should begin to happen here and now, in the present. God’s vision should not have to wait until the next life before it comes to pass. Lazarus should not have had to wait until after death to be fed. The church, the family of disciples, is called to work for the coming of God’s just vision today. We are to become more fully people through whom God’s great promises to those in greatest need will begin to come to pass in this earthly life. God insists that God will certainly provide for us in our poverty, in our affliction, in our weakness and vulnerability, if we are open to his presence.
*Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA*
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