HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY- SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARYTIME -YEAR A

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY- SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARYTIME – YEAR A

THEME OF THE HOMILY: Martha works; Mary listens

BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

READINGS OF THE DAY
Jonah 3:1-10
Psalm 129:1-4,7-8
Luke 10:38-42

LITURGICAL COLOUR: GREEN

INTRODUCTION
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time, Year A.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
In our first reading today, we heard the announcement of Nineveh’s downfall and destruction made by the prophet Jonah. The Lord announced His judgment against Nineveh and its people, because of all the wickedness which they had done, and delivered it to them through Jonah. We heard how the Assyrians in Nineveh, right from its king, all the way down to the simplest, humblest and smallest among its inhabitants all immediately humbled themselves before the Lord and made public show of repentance and regret for their sins. They clearly also seemed to genuinely repentant over their sins, of having committed many wicked deeds prior to that, and even if not, contextually for such proud people and nation, at the pinnacle of their glory, to humble themselves in such a way was truly unprecedented.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
In our Gospel passage today, we heard of what happened when the Lord Jesus visited the house of His friends, Mary and Martha, who were the sisters of Lazarus, whom the Lord would resurrect from the dead, and they were quite close to the Lord. We heard how Martha was very busy preparing everything for the Lord, which we can assume to be activities and chores like cooking, cleaning among other things. Meanwhile, as we heard that Mary, Martha’s sister, chose to sit and listen to the Lord teaching and speaking to her. Martha became annoyed at her sister and told the Lord to tell her sister to give her some help, only for the Lord to lightly rebuke her and said that Martha herself should do what is important, and that is to welcome the Lord and listen to Him, spending quality time with Him rather than being distracted by the many tasks and preparations that had to be done.

CONCLUSION
Dear brethrens, let us all keep in mind of the need for us to listen to the Lord and to open our minds and hearts that we may truly communicate with Him, and place Him once again at the centre and as the focus of our lives and attention. Without this focus, we will easily end up being distracted by the many things, attachments and concerns present all around us, that we may end up walking down the wrong path, losing our focus and attention on the Lord, His ways and teachings, which we should have been following throughout our lives. The Lord wants to remind us that we should always keep our focus on Him, and try our best not to be easily distracted by the many temptations and distractions present in the world all around us.

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