HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF 17TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME. (2)

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF 17TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME.

THEME: The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off happy, sells everything he owns and buys the field.

BY: FR DEOTACIOUS CHIKONTWE SMA.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Exodus 34:29-35
Psalm 98:5-7,9
Matthew 13:44-46

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
GREEN

*INTRODUCTION*
Good morning dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Wednesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time, Year A.

*ABOUT OUR FIRST READING*
In our first reading today, we heard the continuation of the story of what happened around the time when the Israelites were camping at Mount Sinai, the holy Mountain of God, where Moses, God’s servant and the leader of the Israelites went up and gained for the people of God, for all of us, the set of Law and commandments, especially the Ten Commandments which God set over all of His beloved people, to guide and help them to remain true to the Covenant which He had set up with all of them.

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*ABOUT OUR GOSPEL READING*
In our Gospel passage today, we heard of the parables that the Lord used in revealing the truth and knowledge of the kingdom of God to His disciples, that is with the examples of the treasures of the field and also the pearl of great price. Those examples represent just how important the great graces and blessings of God can be to us, and how each and every one of us should learn to put the Lord and His truth, Law and commandments as the centre and focus of our attention and our whole lives.

*CONCLUSION*
Dear friends in Christ, we have to keep in mind that it is only the true treasures and the precious grace of God that will last forever and that will keep us safe and good to the end of days and beyond. No matter how many worldly things and goods we have with us, none of these will be sufficient to satisfy us, and none of them can last forever. No form of worldly glory and fame, of joy and pleasures of the flesh, of the body and all the money and material satisfactions all around us can replace the true joy that we can only find in the Lord alone. Hence, that is why we should strive to resist those worldly temptations and allures, and reorientate ourselves and our lives towards the Lord and His path.

*BLESSINGS OF THE DAY*
May God bless us all and may He keep us all in His grace, and empower each and every one of us to walk ever more faithfully in His Presence. In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

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