HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 34TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 34TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A

THEME: The destruction of the Temple foretold.

BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

READINGS OF THE DAY
Daniel 2:31-45
Resp Psalm Daniel 3:57-61
Luke 21:5-11

LITURGICAL COLOUR
GREEN

INTRODUCTION
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
In our first reading today, we heard of the interactions between king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and Daniel, the servant of God hailing from the land of Judea, who was brought to Babylon with many other young men, and made to be one of the servants of the king of Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar, who had conquered much of the old empire of the Assyrians, subjugated many kingdoms and countries, and having made Babylon to be the greatest among the regional powers back then, received a dream from the Lord, in which he saw a great statue made of several different parts and materials. No one could interpret the king’s dream save for that of Daniel, to whom the Lord has bestowed great knowledge and wisdom, and we heard today of both the dream and the interpretation by Daniel.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In the gospel reading Jesus speaks about the eventual destruction of the Temple, which was considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world at the time. No one, no Jew certainly, could have envisaged its destruction. Indeed, the building of this magnificent Temple had been started about forty years earlier by King Herod the Great and it wasn’t even complete by the time of Jesus. It was like one of those Medieval Cathedrals that took several generations to be completed. The Temple for the Jews was far and away the most important religious building they possessed; it was the focal point of their worship of God. It would not have been possible to conceive of a religious life without the Temple.

CONCLUSION
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, each and every one of us should keep in mind that our lives are meant to glorify God and we ought to do His will, and not be swayed by the temptations of our worldly desires, our attachments to worldly matters and our desires for comfort and pleasures present all around us. We should not allow all those things from preventing us in our path towards the Lord, in our striving towards sanctification and salvation in the Lord. We should always do our best in rejecting and resisting those temptations and desires, and instead, help one another in remaining faithful to the Lord and everything that He has shown and taught us to do. As Christians, it is imperative for all of us to be good examples, role models and inspirations to everyone around us, in showing God’s truth to all.
The Lord be with you.

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