REFLECTION/HOMILY OF WEDNESDAY 7TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR B

REFLECTION/HOMILY OF WEDNESDAY 7TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B

HOMILY THEME: YOU MUST NOT STOP ANYONE FROM WORKING MIRACLES IN MY NAME

BY: Fr. Deotacious Chikontwe SMA

James 4:13-17, Psalm 49:2-3,6-11, Mark 9:38-40

INTRODUCTION
Good Morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Wednesday of the 7th Week in the Ordinary Time, Liturgical Calendar Year B.

FROM OUR FIRST READING
In our First Reading today, Saint James mentions two types of sins. The first is that of pride, of boasting in arrogance, of choosing not to live according to God’s will. The second type of sin is more subtle: these are sins of omission. Sometimes we know what is right, yet we choose to do evil, committing venial or mortal sin. Other times we know what is right and we choose not to act, we do not do what is right, and commit sins of omission. At the beginning of Mass, we ask God for forgiveness both for the sins that we have committed and for what we have failed to do (sins of omission). The recognition of our sins of omission, should not lead us to scrupulousness or to despair. We know that we cannot redeem ourselves; for apart from Jesus we can do nothing. The recognition of sin is always an opportunity to implore God’s mercy and entrust ourselves more fully to him.

FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
Today’s gospel reading says to us that the disciples of Jesus make a report to Him that they stopped or prevented someone from driving away evil spirits because he refused to follow them or he was not belong to their group. That someone does not walk their walk and does not talk their talk. In short, he is an outsider and they are jealous of him. But Jesus corrects them immediately and teaches them that anyone who is not against them is with them because all of us are God’s children. No one can do a good deed without God’s grace and no deed is insignificant in the eyes of God, even just giving a cup of water to a thirsty person. This deed is recompensed by Him.

CONCLUSION
And so instead of focusing ourselves on the how or why?, why don’t we focus on what our faith can do. It is because the problem is not with the Lord, the problem lies with us. And so we need to put our faith into practice, not just objectively, but also subjectively, that is, we are going to live what we proclaim personally. It is because it is very easy for us to say “yes” to our faith in our heads but we never put it into practice. Many times we wonder why we do not feel the presence of the Holy Spirit working so powerfully and effectively in us nowadays. We have in the Catholic Church all seven sacraments, His words with the fullness of truth, with Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament, and yet we don’t see the effects of these in our lives. What’s wrong? The point is very simple. We do not allow the Lord to dwell in us even though we have everything in its fullness. And so if we say that we believe in Jesus this means that it should be down to the depth of our hearts and it is going to be lived.

May you all, have a Blessed Wednesday.

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