YEAR A: HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (1)

YEAR A: HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

THEME: How Visible is Your Faith?

BY: Fr. Evaristus Abu

 

HOMILY: Genesis 22:1-19, Psalm 116 and Matthew 9:1-8
“When Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven” (Matthew 9:2).

In both our readings today, we see a visible display of faith from the persons involved. Abraham was actually ready to sacrifice Isaac in obedience to God’s command. The very fact that Abraham went to the extent of tying Isaac up and laying him down on the pile of wood showed his great faith that despite waiting for twenty-five years for Isaac, God had the power of giving him other children.

Matthew tells us that Jesus saw the faith of the men who brought the paralytic to him. Jesus read their hearts, he saw how certain of a cure they were. You see, God knows when we pray with Faith and when we have no faith. For instance, having forgiven the sins of the paralytic, Jesus read the hearts of the men who were saying to themselves: “This man is blaspheming.”
There are three lessons we learn from today’s readings:
One, God sometimes puts us to the test. Abraham was tested, Job was tested, and even Jesus suffered temptation in the wilderness. Perhaps, you may be going through a test right now without even knowing it. You may be asking yourself: “Why mHow Visible is Your Faith?

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