HOMILY FOR 19TH WEDNESDAY OF ORDINARY TIME — YEAR B

HOMILY FOR 19TH WEDNESDAY OF ORDINARY TIME — YEAR B

HOMILY THEME: BROTHERLY CORRECTION

BY: Fr. Isaac Awe

Ezekiel 9:1-7,10:18-22, Ps. 113:1-6, Matthew 18:15-20

MEMORIAL: ST MAXIMILLIAN KOLBE, PRIEST, MARTYR

What’s the best way to repair a damaged relationship? Jesus offers his disciples spiritual freedom and power for restoring broken or injured relationships. Jesus makes clear that his followers should not tolerate a breach in relationships among themselves. Sin must be confronted and help must be offered to restore a damaged relationship. When relationships between brothers and sisters in the Lord are damaged, then we must spare no effort to help the brother or sister at fault to see their error and to get things right again.

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However we know from the gospel accounts that Jesus often had fellowship with tax-collectors, ate with them, and even praised them at times! Jesus refuses no one who is ready to receive pardon, healing, and restoration. The call to accountability is inevitable and we can’t escape it, both in this life and at the day of judgment when the Lord Jesus will return. But while we have the opportunity, we must not give up on stubborn offenders, but, instead make every effort to win them with the grace and power of God’s healing love and wisdom. Do we tolerate broken relationships or do we seek to repair them as God gives us the opportunity to mend and restore what is broken?

PRAYER: Lord, make us instruments of your healing love and peace. Give us wisdom and courage to bring your healing love and saving truth to those in need of healing and restoration. Amen

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