CATHOLIC HOMILIES: SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

HOMILY FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

THEME: Where your treasure is, there is your heart; Where your heart is, there is your happiness.(St Augustin)

BY: Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY JUNE 24 2022

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Ezekiel 34:11-16
Romans 5:5-11
Luke 15:3-7

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
White

*INTRODUCTION*
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Je

CATHOLIC HOMILIES: SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

HOMILY THEME: Where your treasure is, there is your heart; Where your heart is, there is your happiness.(St Augustin)

BY: Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA

 

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Ezekiel 34:11-16
Romans 5:5-11
Luke 15:3-7

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
White

*INTRODUCTION*
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, marking the great and boundless love that the Lord has for each and every one of us, deep down from His most loving Sacred Heart.

*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In our first reading, the prophet Ezekiel delivered the words of God to His people, who at that time had been exiled and brought far away from their homeland, in the final days of the kingdom of Judah, when their country were battered and eventually destroyed by the forces of the Babylonians.

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*FROM OUR SECOND READING
In our second reading St. Paul spoke of how difficult it was for someone to offer to suffer and die for the sake of another. But, however, the Lord suffered and died for us when we were still sinners and are still resisting and rejecting Him, and He laid Himself bare before us, showing us and exposing to us just how much He loved us that even though we are still sinners, but He willingly reached out to us in love, for our sake, even suffering the burdens of our sins, for our salvation

*FROM THE GOSPEL READING*
In our Gospel passage, we hear of the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep’ and ‘There is no greater love than this, for one to lay down his life for his friend’. We are all precious to the Lord, His beloved ones, His precious children, His friends and brothers and sisters. We are all His flock, His sheep, whom He knew and love tenderly.

*WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THE SOLEMN CELEBRATION OF TODAY?*
Today’s feast is a feast of love. It is the feast of God’s love, revealed in Christ, especially in his death, and given personally to each one of us through the Holy Spirit. This love is a given; it is ours to receive. In the second reading today, Paul calls on us to be planted in this love, and to allow ourselves to be built on this love, a love which, as he says in that reading, is ‘beyond all knowledge’.

*LET US PRAY*
Lord Jesus, on this Solemnity of your Most Sacred Heart, I come before you with the desire to love you more deeply and passionately. Lord, I believe that your heart is on fire with love for me—not just for me as part of the whole of creation, but me. I trust in your love that always reaches out to me and echoes in my heart, calling me to return to you when I stray. I ask you for the grace to experience your love and return your love more faithfully.

 

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