HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF 2ND WEEK OF EASTER. (1)

HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF 2ND WEEK OF EASTER.

THEME: GROWING IN SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE.

BY: FR. GERALD M. MUSA.

What is the greatest disease in the world today? It is not tuberculosis, hypertension, Hepatitis, or Cancer. It is ignorance about God and Jesus who came to save us. According to Jose Maria Escriva, “Since we can love God only after knowing Him, it can rightly be said that the biggest enemy of God is ignorance. This is the origin of so many evils, and a great enemy to the salvation of souls.”

Consider the time we spend in acquiring what we may call functional education to be professionals in different fields such as medicine, law, pharmacy, engineering, and architecture. Compare that with the number of times and years we spend gaining more knowledge about God and the faith we profess. Many of us today are languishing in the darkness of ignorance. The Prophet Hosea says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (4:6). The people of Athens wallowed in ignorance as they served an unknown God (Acts of the Apostles 17:15, 22-18:1).

Nicodemus was a knowledgeable man, but one thing was lacking, he had little knowledge about the things of God and the Holy Spirit (John 3:3, 5). We can describe Nicodemus as a Spiritual Mediocre’ who knew only half-truths about God and spiritual matters. How well are we growing in the knowledge of the faith? Can we imitate the humility of Nicodemus who was open to learning?
ACTS 4:23-31; JOHN 3:1-8;