Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of
the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (30th July, 2016) on the
Gospel
(Saint Peter Chrysologus, B.D., or BVM on
Saturday, Opt Mems)
Jer 26:11-16.24;
Ps 68:15-16.30-31.33-34. (R. cf. v. 14);Matt 14:1-12.
Topic: When ego becomes centric.
When Herod heard about Jesus, he said that John the Baptist
had been raised from the dead. He bound and imprisoned him because John
condemned his adulterous union with his brother Philip’s wife. Herod would have
killed him but he feared the crowd who regarded him as a prophet. However, the daughter
of Herodias’ dance on his birthday made him to promise on oath to grant
whatever she might ask. Following her mother’s prompting she asked, “Give me
the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” Although Herod was grieved yet
he instructed that John’s head be given to the girl because of his oath and his
guests. The girl took it to her mother.
When Herod could think about someone else, he feared the crowds.
He could command that John’s head be given to the girl because he was thinking about
himself alone. Otherwise, what else could have removed the fear of the crowd in
him? His thought of his oath and what his guests would think of him carried the
day. The anger in Herodias set fire that could not be quenched by Herod’s
feeling of extreme sadness.
Often we see both Herod and Herodias at play in us. Let no one
allow anger to lead him/her into sin, cf. Eph
4:26. And “Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger” (Jas 1:19). We are nothing without God, cf.
2Cor 3:5. We must glorify God in everything
we do, cf. 1Cor 6:20.
Bible Reading: 2Cor 4:1-10.
Thought for today: Worship God alone.
Let us pray: May God help us to do His will always
– Amen.
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