HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF 11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. (2)
HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF 11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME.
THEME: Store up treasure for yourselves in heaven.
BY: Fr. Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
2 Corinthians 11:18,21-30
Psalm 33:2-7
Matthew 6:19-23
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF 11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME.
THEME: Store up treasure for yourselves in heaven.
BY: Fr. Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
2 Corinthians 11:18,21-30
Psalm 33:2-7
Matthew 6:19-23
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
GREEN
*INTRODUCTION*
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time, Year A.
*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In this morning’s first reading Paul boasts of experiences that most people would consider great misfortunes and only to be mentioned in hushed tones. He speaks of beatings, imprisonments, floggings, stoning, shipwreck and much more. Yet, he is prepared to boast of all these negative experiences because he endured them in the service of the gospel. It was because of his devotion to Christ and his gospel that all this suffering and misfortune came his way.
*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
In the gospel reading this morning, Jesus contrasts two kinds of treasures, treasures on earth and treasures in heaven. He implies that treasures on earth are vulnerable to all kinds of external forces, such as the actions of the thief. In contrast, treasures in heaven are totally secure. Elsewhere in the gospels, Jesus speaks of being rich in the sight of God, which is equivalent to storing up treasures in heaven. Jesus is saying that it is not earthly treasures and possessions that make our life secure but being rich in the sight of God.
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*CONCLUSION*
The one person who was supremely rich in the sigh of God was his Son, Jesus, and we are rich in the sight of God to the extent that we are becoming conformed to the image of his Son, in the language of Saint Paul. Jesus shows us what being rich in the sight of God looks like. Rather than storing up treasures for himself on earth, he emptied himself in the service of others. He gave himself away for others and this self-giving reached its completion on the cross. As he hung from the cross, he was supremely poor in the eyes of the world, but supremely rich in the sight of God. Insofar as we allow the risen Lord to live out his self-giving love in our lives, we too will be rich in the sight of God and our lives will be truly secure.
May God bless us all, and may He help us to stole our treasures in Heaven. Amen.
Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.
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