Homily for Monday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time Cycle II (1)

Homily for Monday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time Cycle II

Theme: What does Jesus mean, when he says, “You Should Give everything you own to the poor, and follow me”!

By: Fr Diotacious Chikontwe SMA

Homily for Monday February 28 2022

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
1 Peter 1:3-9
Psalm 110:1-2,5-6,9-10
Mark 10:17-27

*FROM THE FIRST READING*
In our first reading today, we begin listening to the words of St. Peter the Apostle speaking to us all through his letter regarding the matter of how faith in God is much more important than all the riches and pleasures of the world. In the end, no matter how much gold and wealth we mankind may gather, but unless we have faith in the Lord, we will have nothing left with us. All the riches and worldly things we have and gathered with us will never satisfy us, and it will not last forever. And we can neither bring all of those things with us.

*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
Today, in our Gospel passage we heard of how the Lord spoke to His disciples and a man who came up to Him and asking Him what he should do to seek the kingdom of God. In that occasion, the man already stated that he had already followed all the precepts and commandments of the Law, obeying everything as the Law of God as revealed through Moses had asked him to do. Yet, when the Lord then asked the man to do one last thing to follow Him, that is by leaving everything behind, selling all of his possessions and goods, and giving them to the poor, the man was immediately saddened, turning away and walked away from the Lord.

*WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THE READINGS OF TODAY?*
Dear Friends in Christ, all of us are called to detach ourselves from the worldly temptations and all the attachments that we often have towards the many corrupt desires of this world. We do not need to go to the extremes of selling all of our possessions and giving up everything we have, and rather, more importantly, we need to return the Lord to the most important part of our lives, to be the centre and focus of our lives. We have to put Him at the heart of our everyday living and strive to do whatever we can to glorify God by our lives, our every actions, words and deeds.

*CONCLUSION*
May God be with us all always, and may He strengthen us in our desire and resolve to lead an ever more faithful life, and a life that is filled with ever greater sincere desire to follow the path which God has shown us, distancing ourselves from the allures of worldly excesses and evils.
Have A Blessed Week dear Friends!

Fr Diotacious Chikontwe SMA