HOMILY OF 4TH THURSDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — YEAR A
HOMILY THEME: “What you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem…”
BY: Bishop Anthony Ewherido
Today’s first reading anticipates and celebrates our destiny. Through the privilege of discipleship and our baptism, we become God’s children and citizens of heaven, under the just rule of God, the supreme Judge, and the mercy of Jesus, our Mediator, whose Blood pleads for us more insistently than Abel’s.
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Our awareness of this destiny serves as a source of encouragement to us on our present journey, amidst all its challenges. Keeping our eyes on the ultimate goal helps us to surmount the obstacles on our way. While on our pilgrimage, we must be confident, that, like the Apostles in the gospel, we can depend on Jesus, the Sender, and trust in his provision for our journey and mission. Even though he warns us to expect rejection and obstacles, we must not be deterred in our efforts to ensure that we continue his mission of bringing the gospel to the ends of the earth uninhibited. The Sender has infused us with his Spirit so we may fully represent his love and presence. We must, therefore, make that love and presence felt by those we encounter and wherever we are, thus transforming people and bringing them to Christ by our very lives.
Lord Jesus, lead us to the joys of God’s kingdom. Amen.
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