HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME [YEAR B]

HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME [YEAR B]

THEME: All those who touched him were cured.

BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
1 Kings 8:1-7,9-13
Psalm 131:6-10
Mark 6:53-56

LITURGICAL COLOUR
RED

INTRODUCTION
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time of Year B. At the same today, we commemorate the Memorial the Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr of the Church.

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FROM OUR FIRST READING
In our first reading today, we heard of the moment recorded in the Book of Kings when King Solomon completed the building project of the Temple of God in Jerusalem, which would also become known as Solomon’s Temple. This was a grand project started and envisioned by Solomon’s father, King David, who had set aside and gathered large amount of resources in preparation for the building of the Temple and House worthy of God Himself to dwell in. We can get the details of all these and the preparations both in the Book of Chronicles as well as the other parts of the Book of Kings. After many years of construction and preparations, the Temple was finally completed and ready to be consecrated and dedicated to God, which was recorded in our first reading passage today.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
Today’s gospel reading portrays the extraordinary drawing power of Jesus. No sooner had Jesus stepped out of the boat with his disciples than people started hurrying towards him from all through the countryside. The sick, the broken, the weary, the excluded were especially drawn to him. According to the gospel reading, they begged him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak. God continues to draw us all to himself through his good creation, but even more powerfully through his Son. Jesus once said, ‘when I am lifted up from the earth I will draw all people to myself’. Our calling is to allow ourselves to be drawn.

CONCLUSION
The people’s determination to get to where Jesus was and their total trust in his healing presence is very striking. It generated tremendous energy in them. We all need to have something of that energy for the Lord for ourselves. Just as the crowds hurried to Jesus with a very clear focus on him, we too need something of their determination and focus when it comes to the Lord. We can all become a little lukewarm and indifferent in regard to our faith. Every so often we need to ask the Lord, in the words of Saint Paul, to fan into a living flame the gift that we have received, the gift of our relationship with the Lord that was given to us at our baptism.

Have a Blessed New Week, May the Good Lord bless you always now and forever.

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