HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF - YEAR B

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF – YEAR B

THEME: The Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.

BY: Fr DeotaciousChikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
1 Samuel 8:4-7,10-22
Psalm 88:16-19
Mark 2:1-12

LITURGICAL COLOUR
GREEN

INTRODUCTION
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time of Year B.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
Today’s first reading says that ‘we must do everything we can to reach this place of rest’. This place of rest is, ultimately, the kingdom of heaven. We often pray that eternal rest would be granted to those who have died. ‘Rest’ in that rest is not just the absence of activity, but a renewal of our spirit. The psalm, ‘The Lord is my shepherd’, says of the Lord, ‘near restful waters he leads me to revive my drooping spirit’, The Lord wants us to experience ‘rest’ in that sense not just beyond this earthly life but during our earthly lives. He is always at work to revive our drooping spirits and he wants to work through us to revive the drooping spirits of others.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In our Gospel passage this morning,we hear how our Lord Jesus healed a paralysed man that was brought to Him by his friends through the roof of the place where He has been preaching and teaching to the people, facing disapproval and criticism from the Pharisees who happened to be there with Him.The Lord had pity of the paralysed man and was touched by the faith which he and his friends had, in putting so much effort to bring him to His side, even climbing up the house to the roof in order to do so. And that was when the Lord proclaimed that he was healed from his afflictions and he has also been forgiven from his sins, to the criticism and disapproval from the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law who were there because those people argued that only God alone can forgive sins.

CONCLUSION
The Lord works in the same healing way in all our lives. He also wants to work through us for the holistic healing of others. The Lord needs us to play the role of the paralytic’s friends today, so that the broken in body, mind and spirit can experience his healing power to thefull. We need each other’s faith. The faith of any one of us builds up the faith of the community, and the faith of the community strengthens our own personal faith.
I wish everyone you, a Blessed Weekend full of Gods love and blessings.

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