HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF WEEK 8TH IN ORDINARY TIME. (1)

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF WEEK 8TH IN ORDINARY TIME.

THEME: Whoever has left everything for the sake of the gospel will be repaid.

BY: Rev Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Ecclesiasticus 35:2-15
Psalm 49:5-8,14,23
Mark 10:28-31

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
Green

*INTRODUCTION*
Good morning dear brethrens, today we celebrate Tuesday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time of Year A.

*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In today’s first reading, the author calls on people to honour God not just by offering sacrifices in the Temple but by the way that they live, ‘a virtuous person’s offering graces the altar’. The author goes on to say that serving the Lord by both our worship and our way of life is to be done cheerfully, ‘add a smiling face to all your gifts, and be cheerful as you dedicate your tithes’.

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*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
The question that Peter puts to Jesus in today’s gospel reading shows a certain amount of self-interest, ‘What about us? We have left everything and followed you’. Peter seems to want some reassurance that the sacrifices he has made to follow Jesus will be worth it. It is a very understandable question. There is an honesty about it. We often find it easy to identify with Peter because of his honesty, his humanity. In answering his question Jesus assures him that whatever he has given up to become a disciple is small compared to what he will receive. He will be repaid a ‘hundred times over’.

*CONCLUSION*
Jesus is reminding us all that if we are generous with him, his generosity towards us will far exceed our generosity towards him. Following the Lord will often mean what the gospel reading calls ‘persecutions’, taking the more difficult path, the less travelled way. However, in taking that path Jesus assures us that we will receive far more than we will give, both in this life and in the life to come. Elsewhere in the gospels Jesus says, ‘give and it will be given to you… for the measure you give will be the measure you get back’. Jesus reassures us that it is in giving that we receive, it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Your Word is indeed my Strength Oh Lord our God. May You All Have a Blessed Tuesday.

Rev Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

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