HOMILY FOR THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY. (1)

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY.

THEME: If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

BY: Diotacious Chikontwe SMA.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Psalm 1:1-4,6
Luke 9:22-25

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
PURPLE

*INTRODUCTION*
Dear friends in Christ, today is the second day of Lent. We are reminded today that, all of us have been given the freedom to choose, the free will to discern the path that we are going to choose in our path forward in life. That is why the Lord reminds us today, through His Church, at the beginning of this Lenten season that we should be very careful and vigilant in how we live our lives so that we do not end up falling into the path of sin and evil.

*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
The call of Moses in today’s first reading is ‘Choose life’. Earlier in that reading, Moses called on people to ‘love the Lord your God and follow his ways’. To choose life is to choose love, the love of the Lord, and the love of all whom the Lord loves. One way of checking whether or not we are choosing life is by asking, ‘What is the most loving thing I can do here?’ ‘How do I choose love in this situation?’ ‘What does it means to give expression to my love of the Lord at this moment?’

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*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
In the gospel reading this morning Jesus says that if we want to be his followers we have to be ready to renounce ourselves. Lent is traditionally a time when we renounce ourselves. We ask ourselves what it is we need to let go of, to give up to follow the Lord more closely. We all have something we need to let go of; it might be some excessive attachment that is holding us back, or some habit that is not serving us well.

*CONCLUSION*
Jesus calls us not only to self-denial and carrying one’s cross but the freedom to detach ourselves from gaining the riches of the world. True disciples are the ones who know, love and follow only one Lord, Jesus Himself.
The Lord be with You!

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