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Daily spiritual reflection by Rev Fr Awoyemi Emmanuel, Ilorin Diocese
HOMILY FOR TUESDAY 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME B
(Galatians 4:22-24,26-27,31-5:1;Luke 11:29-32)
Today, Jesus wishes to tell us his stand on the essence of religion. Religion is summarized in offering to God a clean heart filled with love, mercy, compassion, and forgiveness. However, mere external observance of rituals without a cleansing of the heart is hypocrisy, which God hates. Jesus uses the occasion to accuse the Pharisees of harboring evil thoughts like greed, pride, bitterness, envy, and arrogance in their hearts. Jesus concludes by suggesting that one method of expressing real love of God and neighbor originating from a compassionate heart and making one pure and clean is giving alms to the poor. Charity or Almsgiving in the proper sense means realizing the needs of others and letting them share in one’s own goods, especially by way of spiritual help, financial and emotional support, consolation, fraternity, and love. St. John of the Cross explains this passage, remarking that in the evening of our lives we will be judged on our love expressed by works of charity.
Dear brothers and sisters In order to have interior cleanliness, let us do some charitable acts which externally express our loving relationship with God and our eagerness to do His will. Since we are offering our hearts and lives on the altar, let us expel everything evil from our hearts by true repentance. Agape love is what we have to give others: selfless love with understanding, mercy, respect for their freedom, and deep concern for their spiritual and material welfare. Giving this gift requires that we have love in our thoughts, words and actions always.
Pax Vobis
Catholic Diocese of Ilorin, Kwara State,
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DAILY SPIRITUAL REFLECTION BY REV FR AWOYEMI EMMANUEL, ILORIN DIOCESE, NIGERIA
HOMILY FOR MONDAY 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME B
{Galatians 4:22-24,26-27,31-5:1;
Luke 11:29-32}
The theme of seeking wisdom continues in our readings throughout this week. We are told that in the gospel the queen of the south will judge us because we have failed to recognise the precious gift of wisdom. So it is with the men of Nineveh.
Dear friends in Christ, wisdom is calling on us all. As Christians, we must seek wisdom. When we have it, we will be free. There are many gifts God has given to us just as I have rightly said yesterday. These gifts come with wisdom on how we make use of them. There are gifts many of us Catholics fail to see and do not see the importance in our lives. These are gifts that we are supposed to appreciate as God's given grace :
1) Each Sacrament in the Church is an external sign representing God’s grace.
2) On the altar we re-present Christ’s sacrifice on the cross using liturgical signs and prayers – The Sacrifice and Sacrament of the Eucharist.
3) Everyone living with us or working with us is a sign of God’s living presence in our midst, inviting us to love and honor him or her as God’s child and the living Temple of the Holy Spirit.
4) All world events and all the events in our lives are signs of God’s care and protection for us, His children.
5) The Holy Bible is a sign of God communicating His message to us every day.
So, let us learn from these God-given signs instead of looking for signs in weeping Madonnas, bleeding crucifixes and daily messages of visionaries.
Lastly, let us not forget that in all these gifts, we will be accountable for every thing.
Pax Vobis
Catholic Diocese of Ilorin, Kwara State,
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