FRIDAY HOMILY FOR THE TWENTY- SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARYTIME, YEAR A

FRIDAY HOMILY FOR THE TWENTY- SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARYTIME, YEAR A

By: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

THEME OF THE HOMILY: Anyone who rejects Jesus rejects the one who sent Him.

LITURGICAL COLOUR: GREEN

READINGS OF THE DAY
Baruch 1:15-22
Psalm 78:1-5,8-9
Luke 10:13-16

INTRODUCTION
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Friday of week 26 in Ordinary Time, Year A.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
The prophet Baruch in today’s first reading highlighted the faults and disobedience of the people, which therefore had led to the consequences, the failures and the downfall that they experienced, that Moses and the other prophets had warned them. As long as they kept themselves away from the Lord and His path, and trusted in their own power and ways, then they would likely face tribulations and failures, sufferings and lack of true satisfaction, which can be found in the Lord alone.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In this morning’s gospel reading Jesus identifies himself very closely with his disciples. ‘anyone who listens to you listens to me; anyone who rejects you rejects me’. The risen Lord continues to identify himself with his disciples today, with each one of us. Each of us is called to be a living sign of the Lord’s presence. The Lord wants to be present in our world through each one of us. We have each received the extraordinary calling to be the Lord’s ambassador in our world, to reveal his presence to others.

CONCLUSION
We are all aware of our capacity to hide the Lord as well as reveal him. We can relate to others in ways that are not of the Lord. Yet, that does not stop the Lord from continuing to call us to be his presence to others. He continues to want to live in us, to speak and act through us. We are the members of his body. As he was present in Galilee and Judea in and through his physical body, he wishes to be present in our world today in and through his body, the church, and in and through each individual member of that body. He needs all of us if he is to be fully present because each of us can reveal a different facet of the Lord. As Saint Paul says in his first letter to the Corinthians, every member of the body of the church has a vital role to play in ensuring that Christ’s body is fully alive.

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