HOMILY OF 9TH WEDNESDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — YEAR A
HOMILY OF 9TH WEDNESDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — YEAR A
HOMILY THEME: “I know who it is that I have put my trust in, and I have no doubt at all that he is able to take care of all that I have entrusted to him until that Day” (2 Tim 1:12).
BY: Bishop Anthony Ewherido
2 Tim 1:1-3, 6-12; Psalm 122(123):1-2; Mark 12:18-27
When things do not work out according to plan or expectations, people tend to give up on God. Paul’s example is instructive to us. Amidst his suffering, persecution, and imprisonment, Paul reaffirmed his faith in God, the author and finisher of our lives. He also urged Timothy to cultivate an enduring fidelity to Christ, even in adversity. Such spiritual endurance is key to the gift of eternal life, not because of our merit, but rather, because of God’s grace, freely bestowed on us.
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Life can, indeed, be rough quite often, but Paul teaches us that, at such times, we must be more trusting in God, the author of our destiny. Only God has power over life and death. For those who believe in Him and hold firmly to their faith, even death becomes a transition and a transformation under the care of the God of the living. Today’s dispute between the Sadducees and the Pharisees led to an important teaching of Jesus on the true nature and destiny of the human person. While affirming the reality of life after death as a gift of God to the faithful, he noted that our destiny as God’s children is not tied to the many distractions that occupy our daily lives. Rather, it is tied to our realization of the nothingness of the worldly attachments and possessions as far as eternal life is concerned. In the end, the place of God in our lives will be the determinant factor as to whether we are dead or alive. Those who realize the fact that ours is the God of the living must submit themselves to the discipline of Christian discipleship in order to preserve themselves for the gift of life, even in death. For those who believe in Him and hold firmly to their faith, even death becomes a transition and a transformation under the care of the God of the living. That was the conviction and St. Charles Lwanga and Companions. So, today’s feast of the Ugandan Martyrs issues another challenge. God demands the things we love most, and indeed, the gift our very lives, as part of the returns we must make. Like these martyrs, let us pray for the courage to give our very selves if we are “privileged” with the gift of such a challenge and not deny God in a bid to save our lives; tantamount to losing even that which we want to save.
God of the living, raise us to new life in Christ. Amen.
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