HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME [YEAR B]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME [YEAR B]

THEME: Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.

BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
James 1:12-18
Psalm 93:12-15,18
Mark 8:14-21

LITURGICAL COLOUR
GREEN

INTRODUCTION
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time of Year B. And in a special way today we commemorate the Great Tuesday which is the Tuesday before the Ash Wednesday.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
In our first reading today, we hear of how Saint James exhorted the faithful people of God that all of them must always hold fast and firmly to their faith in the Lord, knowing that it is in Him alone that there is certainty and assurance of true happiness, joy and salvation, and of the other things that the world cannot provide. If we allow ourselves to be swayed by those temptations and distractions, then we may end up walking down the path of sin, and getting further and further away from the Lord and His salvation, which is something that we should not be doing. That is why St. James reminded us all that we should always do our best so that we may continue to draw ever closer to God and His salvation.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In the gospel reading Jesus seems very frustrated with his disciples. They misunderstand what Jesus says to them about the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod, thinking that Jesus is referring to the fact that they have forgotten to bring bread. In reality, Jesus was trying to warn them against the evil intentions of the Pharisees and of Herod. Jesus addresses his disciples as people without perception. It is likely that Jesus can be just as frustrated with us at times.

CONCLUSION
Like the first disciples we too can demonstrate a lack of perception, a failure to hear what Jesus is really saying to us, a failure to see what Jesus is trying to show us. We need to keep coming before the Lord in the awareness that we do not see as he wants us to see or hear as he wants us to hear. Our eyes and our ears need opening, and, perhaps, the times when we think we see and hear well are the very times when we are most blind and deaf. We need the humility, the poverty of spirit, which keeps us praying, ‘Lord, that I may see’, ‘Lord, that I may hear’.

May the almighty God bless you, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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