HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 34TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR II.
THEME: Your endurance will win you your lives.
BY: Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA.
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Apocalypse 15:1-4
Psalm 97:1-3,7-9
Luke 21:12-19
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
GREEN
*FROM THE FIRST READING*
In our first reading today, we heard of the details of the vision of St. John the Apostle seeing the great defeat of Babylon the great, the mighty enemy of all the faithful, and how the persecutions and oppressions against the people of God will finally cease and those who persecute them will face their just consequences and punishments. The Lord will not let those who are faithful to Him to suffer without good reason and without being avenged, and their blood and sufferings will be paid dearly by those who have inflicted hurt on their own brothers and sisters, and those will be thrown down and cast into the eternal darkness and annihilation together with the devil and all of the other forces of the wicked and evil, all the fallen angels, demonic spirits and more.
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*FROM THE GOSPEL READING*
In this morning’s gospel reading, Jesus paints a very dark picture of the future for his disciples. He speaks of persecution, betrayal, hatred and, even, death. That was the reality for many of the earliest Christians.Jesus inserts a great light into the midst of that dark picture. He promises to give his disciples the resources they need to withstand the hostility they will experience. As a result, not a hair of their head will be lost. That same promise is made to all of us.
*CONCLUSION*
Brothers and sisters in Christ, the lesson we then ought to learn from our Scripture passages today is that, while we may face daunting moments and trials, hardships and persecutions in our journey towards the Lord, but we must not give up our faith in God and we must not give in to the temptations, coercions and pressures to follow in the flow of the world, all the demands of those who seek to subvert the truth of God, and all those forces seeking our downfall and destruction. We should stand firm in our commitment to the path that God has shown to each one of us.
Lord give us a strong faith in You alone.