HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A

THEME OF THE HOMILY: ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!

By: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
Romans 6:19-23
Psalm 1:1-4,6
Luke 12:49-53

LITURGICAL COLOUR
Green

INTRODUCTION
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
In our first reading of today, the apostle Paul highlighted of the contrast and differences between the path of sin, evil and wickedness, with the path of righteousness, justice and virtue, in which the first one is the path that is against God, in rebellion against Him, and therefore leads to death and destruction, eternal damnation and suffering. On the other hand, the other path is the path of obedience to God, of following whatever He has led us into, and in doing all that He has commanded us to do. This latter path leads us into the assurance of eternal life, true joy and glory, which God promised to all of His faithful and beloved people. We have once been subjected to the power of sin and evil, and we have been dominated by them in the past, but through Christ, all of us have been shown and delivered to freedom from the dominion of sin.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In our Gospel passage this morning, we heard the Lord pointing out to His disciples and followers, how His coming into this world would not usher an era of peace, harmony and glory for the people, but instead, it would lead to division and disagreements, disunity and resistance, as there would be those who refused to believe in God and His truth, and those would likely oppose the ones who have embraced the Lord and His truth as revealed through Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

CONCLUSION
my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, for all of us, what truly matters is that we need to be prepared to stand up for our faith, and to be true to our calling and mission as Christians. Each and every one of us should always remind ourselves and one another that we are all as members of God’s Church, as parts of His one united Body, we must always stand together, and be filled with the fullness of God’s grace, love and truth. We should always strive to be exemplary and inspirational in how we live our lives, in our every words, actions and deeds, so that even in the smallest of things, in the seemingly least significant of our works, actions and all that we do, and our every interactions with each other, we may always strive to glorify God, and be genuine and faithful Christians.

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