HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B (1)

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

HOMILY THEME: THE MINISTRY OF JESUS WAS MISUNDERSTOOD

BY: Fr. Benny Tuazon

HOMILY:

(Mk. 3:20-21)
In the day’s Gospel, Jesus was accused of being “out of His mind.” It came to a point when those around Him, maybe even His own apostles, have doubted His sanity. Why would one teach loving the enemy, selling everything you own, embrace suffering even death, forgive so many times, erasing debts, living in radical poverty and claims to be the Messiah, be regarded as a normal person? Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic or for real, the Lord!

Here is a song popularised in the seventies. It is about who is the true lunatic or the true great one.

Ang natutuwang baliw, yaman ay pinagyabang Dahil ari niya raw, ang araw pati ang buwan May isang sa yaman ay, salapi ang hinihigan Ngunit ang gintong baul, panay kasalanan ang laman

Sinasambit ng baliw, awit na walang laman Ulo mo’y maiiling, tatawagin mong hangal May isang hindi baliw, iba ang awit na alam Buong araw kung magdasal, sinungaling rin naman

Sinong dakila? Sino ang tunay na baliw? Sinong mapalad? Sinong tumatawag ng habag? Yaong bang sinilang, na ang pag-iisip di lubos? O husto ang isip, Ngunit sa pag-ibig ay kapos Ang kanyang tanging suot, ay sira-sirang damit Na nakikiramay sa isip niyang punit-punit May binata ang gayak, panay diamante at hiyas Ngunit oras maghubad, kulay ahas ang balat Sinong dakila? Sino ang tunay na baliw? Sinong mapalad? Sinong tumatawag ng habag? Yaong bang sinilang, na ang pag-iisip hindi lubos? O husto ang isip, Ngunit sa pag-ibig ay kapos Sa kanyang kilos at galaw, tayo ay naaaliw Sa ating mga mata, isa lamang siyang baliw Ngunit, kung tayo ay, hahatulang sabay Sa mata ng Maykapal, siya’y higit na banal Sinong dakila? Sino ang tunay na baliw? Sinong mapalad? Sinong tumatawag ng habag? Yaong bang sinilang, na ang pag-iisip di lubos? O husto ang isip

Kaya’t sino, sino, sino, sino nga
Sino nga ba, Sino Sino ba,
Sino nga ba ang tunay na baliw?

Of course we know now that Jesus was not a lunatic. Although there are still those who live and profess to believe in Him and yet regard Him either a lunatic or a liar. But He is Lord. He was the author of life. To us, some things may look impossible and lunatic, but God knows better as humanity had proven a lot of times. There was a time when it was lunatic to see the world as round. Yet, later it was proven to be round.

Things do not seem as they are. There are still a lot of things our human mind had not fathomed. In fact, there will be a lot we cannot fathom. Our faith in God will see us through those “lunacies”.