HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME CYCLE II (2)

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME CYCLE II

THEME: Jesus rebuked the winds and the seas, and all was calm.

BY: Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY JUNE 28 2022

Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor and Martyr.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Amos 3:1-8,4:11-12
Psalm 5:5-8
Matthew 8:23-27

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
Red

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME CYCLE II

THEME: Jesus rebuked the winds and the seas, and all was calm.

BY: Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY JUNE 28 2022

 

Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor and Martyr.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Amos 3:1-8,4:11-12
Psalm 5:5-8
Matthew 8:23-27

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
Red

*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In our first reading from the prophet Amos, we have heard the prophet Amos was prophesying of the coming downfall of the kingdom of Israel, which happened just a few decades after the time of the ministry of Amos, proving that everything which the Lord had spoken truly came true, and serve as a good lesson and reminder to us, that if we turn away from God and continue walking down the path of sin, in the end, we will likely fall into ruin and destruction, if we leave the Lord and His assurances behind, and follow the tides and sway of the world instead.

*FROM THE GOSPEL READING*
Today, in our Gospel passage, we also heard about the story of when the Lord Jesus and His disciples were travelling a boat in the middle of a great storm, with lots of wind and waves, battering against the boat in which the Lord and His disciples were in. The disciples were afraid and were panicking, worried that the storm and the waves would overcome them, and sink the boat. They woke the Lord up and begged Him to help them, and to save them from their predicament. The Lord rebuked and chided them for their lack of faith, but said then that they truly had nothing to fear about, and they ought to have faith in Him.

*CONCLUSION*
Let me just remind you a bit that, just before this passage, in Matthew 8, Jesus cleansed a leper, healed a centurion’s servant, and healed many at the house of Peter. He was truly a physical healer. Here, we also saw his power over nature; even the winds and the seas obeyed him. Yet, all these healings pale in comparison to his power to heal us from the worst affliction of all and the only one that matters: sin. Jesus came to take away sin by becoming sin and crucifying it on the cross, in his very person. He paid a price we couldn’t pay for our sins that he didn’t commit. There is no greater love–and no greater power–than the power of Jesus Christ, the only son of God.

*LET US PRAY*
Lord, I know you are with me in all the storms of my life. I know that you will never leave me orphaned. Help me to cry out to you in desperate times. Lord, I believe. Increase my faith through Christ our Lord.

Fr. Diotacious Chikontwe SMA

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