...if you choose (Matt 8:2): Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (30th June, 2017).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (30^th June, 2017) on the Gospel</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 50%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"></span></b> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gen 17:1.9-10.15-22;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 127:1-5. (R. v.4);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 8:1-4</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: ...if you choose</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 8:2</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In today’s gospel, a leper came to Jesus. Kneeling before Him he prayed, “Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYhDUs1nh8ifueISEX3cOdCMcwkP1mNvMH_6ptvSYb6TAcvGM9vByHP4EhxI5GIromxTBa46uTDezdD8c9TYPZq_4NpJcr8LZxi8XA26HQY44CpItTmh11KRKpkpWTEJJU3j6pClOrdA/s1600/30.06.2017.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYhDUs1nh8ifueISEX3cOdCMcwkP1mNvMH_6ptvSYb6TAcvGM9vByHP4EhxI5GIromxTBa46uTDezdD8c9TYPZq_4NpJcr8LZxi8XA26HQY44CpItTmh11KRKpkpWTEJJU3j6pClOrdA/s1600/30.06.2017.png" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Two things stand out in this prayer, the leper was not unaware that Jesus has the power to make him clean. However, it is another issue whether He wants to or not. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Often Christians do only remember that God can do all things forgetting that it is His will that prevails always. Hence, the Psalmist wrote, “Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 115:3</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Sometimes one wonders whether we listen to ourselves while praying especially the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus taught us in this prayer to pray always for the will of God to be done, cf. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Matt 6:10</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. And in the moment of His Passion, He lived out what He taught us by praying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 26:39</b>; cf. vv. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">42.44</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finally, it seems that many are afraid of the will of God in their lives. Have we forgotten the words of Saint Paul, “We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 8:28</b>)? It is important to note that praying for Jesus’ will to be done did not deprive the leper what he desired. Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him saying, “I do choose. Be made clean!” The gospel reads further, “Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” God’s will is the best for each and every one of us in every circumstance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Matt 26:36-46</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 1pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Your will be done (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 6:10; cf. Matt 26:42</b>).</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lord, give us the courage to ask for and accept your will always </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">– Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are free to share this reflection with others if you consider it worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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...if you choose (Matt 8:2): Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (30th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (30 th June, 2017) on the Gospel   Gen 17:1.9-10.15-22; P...

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Beyond what others said: Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Aps (29th June, 2017).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Homily (Reflection) for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Aps (29th June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Solemnity<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Acts 12:1-11;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 33:2-9. (R. v. 5 or v. 8);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2Tim 4:6-8.17-18;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 16:13-19</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today is the solemnity of the apostles Peter and Paul. Saint Peter was an apostle to the circumcised while Saint Paul was called to be an apostle to the uncircumcised, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gal 2:7-9</b>; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 11:13</b>; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Acts 9:15</b>. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeOg1GihNlD9FbC5mnWG2GTNICniGlmKg6GNwi_5fkr7zLMiWDgOwqLeMNf04Olmt9Vl8z6mqLGlSWtbS46FPzpJ_cXXJkY1Ag4aK6w5PttlzEfrr-kCOd5cX2kbkwxzqBgGaoTrRuAA/s1600/29.06.2016+%2528A%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeOg1GihNlD9FbC5mnWG2GTNICniGlmKg6GNwi_5fkr7zLMiWDgOwqLeMNf04Olmt9Vl8z6mqLGlSWtbS46FPzpJ_cXXJkY1Ag4aK6w5PttlzEfrr-kCOd5cX2kbkwxzqBgGaoTrRuAA/s1600/29.06.2016+%2528A%2529.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint Peter was son of Jonah (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 16:17</b>) and brother of Saint Andrew (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 4:18; Mk 1:16; Jn 1:40</b>). He was a native of Bethsaida, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:44</b>. There are two different accounts of his call. According to Matthew, and Mark, he was called alongside his brother by the Lord while fishing, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 4:18-20; Mk 1:16-18; Lk 5:1-11</b>. But according to Saint John, Andrew was the one who brought Simon to Jesus, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:35-42</b>. Jesus was the one who named Simon, Cephas (Peter) meaning rock, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 16:18;</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:42b</b>. He is the patron saint of fishermen, net makers, and ship builders.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the other hand, Saint Paul was a Jew and a native of Tarsus in Cilicia. cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Acts 9:11. 21:39. 22:3</b>. He was brought up in Jerusalem and studied under Gamaliel, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Acts 22:3</b>. Saint Paul was a great persecutor of the Church and was very determined to destroy it, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gal 1:13</b>. He was converted while on his way to Damascus with a letter from the high priest to arrest every Christian he could found. He was baptized by Ananias with the name Paul, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Acts 9:1-18. 22:6-16. 26:12-18</b>. Saint Paul is the patron saint of Missionaries, Theologians, and Gentile Christians.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint Peter and Saint Paul were martyred in Rome. Saint Peter’s was in c. 64 AD and that of Saint Paul was in c. 67.<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Beyond what others said</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is a saying in Igbo language, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nwata gafee onye mụrụ, a jụbazia onye ka ọ na-anụ ma ọ bụ onye na-anụ ya</i>” literally meaning that at a point in one’s life, the question will move from ‘whose child?’ to either, ‘whose husband or wife?” In the development of human beings, a time comes when people will expect to see what a person has done and/or is doing. Look at how the letter to the Hebrews expressed it, “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of God's word” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heb 5:12; cf. 1Cor 3:2</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The letter to the Hebrews explains the importance of faith, “And without faith it is impossible to please him [God]. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heb 11:6</b>). Where does faith come from? Saint Paul explained, “faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 10:17</b>). But faith should not be seen as something that comes automatically with hearing the gospel. Otherwise, the world would have been a better place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In today’s gospel, Jesus first asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Although they offered a lot of answers but the whole thing seem to have served as an introduction to the main question, “But who do you say that I am?” It was Peter who declared, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus said to him, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.... I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church.... I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Faith is the product of the marriage between what is heard, read, and/or experienced and the inner person. Beyond what they said (ie, what one heard, read, and/or experienced) is one’s faith or lack of faith. Hence, Christ gives the power of becoming children of God only to those who received Him, and believed in His name, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:12</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beyond all you have heard, read, or experienced lies what, faith or lack of faith? Remember that in normal development of anything, at a point people would start to look for the essence of the thing in question. Saint Peter did not end up with what people said nor Saint Paul with the experience on his road to Damascus. It is very abnormal for one to remain at the level of what people say. God expects each of us to make his/her own confession. But it starts from what is really beyond what people say, faith or lack faith. Only he/she who is righteous through faith shall live, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Rom 10:5-21; Heb 11:1-40</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 1pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> What lies beyond what you heard, read, and/or experienced?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, we can do nothing without you. 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Beyond what others said: Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Aps (29th June, 2017).

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True definition: Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, B.D. (28th June, 2017).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for the Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, B.D. (28</span></b>^{<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">th</span>}<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Memorial<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I)</b>)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 50%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gen 15:1-12.17-18;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 104:1-4.6-9. (R. v.8);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 7:15-20</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k4XT_lgJZVc9dTo9onEhSC2J96rdJdhW8bsFmTwC3O9INhShbO0kQYLWRTniP_rMKzQ76p9VgFt7g0Jpc1RUFQqWyxAEXi2u6ejRW9y_GOK1qILvnx_T3gu-Im3bHICfKqUCThl_5EA/s1600/28.06.2017.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k4XT_lgJZVc9dTo9onEhSC2J96rdJdhW8bsFmTwC3O9INhShbO0kQYLWRTniP_rMKzQ76p9VgFt7g0Jpc1RUFQqWyxAEXi2u6ejRW9y_GOK1qILvnx_T3gu-Im3bHICfKqUCThl_5EA/s1600/28.06.2017.png" /></a><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint Irenaeus, was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then part of the Roman Empire (now Lyon, France). He was an early Church Father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology. His best-known book, Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies) is a detailed attack on Gnosticism, which was then a serious threat to the Church. His polemical work is credited for laying out the orthodoxies of the Christian church, its faith, its preaching and the books that it held as sacred authority</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20I/Ordinary%20Time%20(I)/Twelfth%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(I).docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #2e7061;">[1]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: True definition</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus warned in today’s gospel,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.... every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruits.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint John also cautioned, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beloved, do not believe every spirit.... By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Jn 4:1-3a</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, confessing Jesus Christ is not an action of the lips alone but of the whole person, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 29:13-14; Matt 15:8; Mk 7:6</b>. It is living “a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Col 1:10</b>). Confessing Jesus is in action, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 3:8. 6:46; Matt 3:8</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let no one be deceived with anything because “even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 11:14</b>). Children of God are light and “the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eph 5:9</b>). It must possess the three qualities. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Saint Irenaeus of Lyons warns, ‘Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth itself’.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finally, as you watch for others’ fruits, do not forget to bear yours because every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 3:10; Lk 3:9</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: 1Jn 4:1-6.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 1pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Bear fruits that are </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">good, right, and true</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, help us discern spirits correctly and bear good fruits – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Saint Irenaeus – Pray for us</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are free to share this reflection with others if you consider it worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For more homilies (reflections):<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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True definition: Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, B.D. (28th June, 2017).

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Standards upon standards: Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (27th June, 2017).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Homily (Reflection) for Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (27^th June, 2017) on the Gospel<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 50%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"></span></b> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gen 13:2.5-18;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 14:2-5. (R. v.1);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 7:6.12-14</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Standards upon standards</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iHgHu2rBAlA0MPzXpKMOsYsequc8lsWzjp1tE_AydzI9qIUHaWjorUgvK0SooErFrfvwEGSt28HywiZiVWnqroLGuGir9raVyZBQmzPLZYNte1LtREqOsUqM0DDxB4enWaMCvSCyHWA/s1600/14.03.2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iHgHu2rBAlA0MPzXpKMOsYsequc8lsWzjp1tE_AydzI9qIUHaWjorUgvK0SooErFrfvwEGSt28HywiZiVWnqroLGuGir9raVyZBQmzPLZYNte1LtREqOsUqM0DDxB4enWaMCvSCyHWA/s1600/14.03.2017.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s gospel consists of teachings on what is holy (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 7:6</b>), the golden rule (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 7:12</b>), and the narrow gate (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 7:13-14</b>). Our reflection will focus mainly on the golden rule. It reads: “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets” (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tob 4:15</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Irrespective of colours, tribes, qualifications, status, and so on, we all have the same father and one God, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mal 2:10; Matt 23:9</b>. Saint Paul rightly advised, “Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Col 4:1</b>). Again, “Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to young men as brothers, to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters – with absolute purity” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Tim 5:1-2</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, starting from the family, often one notices different standards even for children born of the same father and mother. While wealthy ones are treated as princes and princesses, others who may even be older are treated as outcasts. The case of maids is even worse. Sometimes one wonders whether they are really seen as human beings. As one moves from the nuclear families to the wider society and sadly even in some churches, the problem becomes more complicated. Examples can go on and on. We ought to be good to others irrespective of status, colour, race, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Col 3:18 – 4:1; 1Tim 5:1-21.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 1pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Reflect on how you treat others starting from your family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, help us to be humble enough to see others as better human beings than ourselves – Amen (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Phil 2:3</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are free to share this reflection with others if you consider it worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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Standards upon standards: Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (27th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (27 th June, 2017) on the Gospel   Gen 13:2.5-18; Ps 14:...

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Charity begins at home: Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (26th June, 2017).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">26^th June, 2017</b>)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> on the Gospel<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 50%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"></span></b> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gen 12:1-9;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 32:12-13.18-20.22. (R. v.12);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 7:1-5</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Charity begins at home</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNsKh3We0QdT3Fu7qOFoPFN07NSWMT2B1JwETbCvJqAZKrG2OFM_przy9Gyfn36Kdepyp1P07_SsAOj5SDEsZ42CNwWY7v7Klfd9W04hdQJsONEXjLKOFyNqvIvD6O6shrYjNU74DvXeM/s1600/08.06.2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="126" data-original-width="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNsKh3We0QdT3Fu7qOFoPFN07NSWMT2B1JwETbCvJqAZKrG2OFM_przy9Gyfn36Kdepyp1P07_SsAOj5SDEsZ42CNwWY7v7Klfd9W04hdQJsONEXjLKOFyNqvIvD6O6shrYjNU74DvXeM/s1600/08.06.2017.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maybe because a person cannot look at most parts of his/her own body without a mirror, many avoid looking at themselves completely and concentrate fully on others. Unfortunately, the images presented most often are so much distorted that they are very far from the reality. And these give rise to criticism, condemnation, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus questions in today’s gospel, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why do you see the speck in your neighbour’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbour, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour’s eye (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 7:3-5</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Imagine the noise in our society today. People are yet to find anything to show for all these. Judging others is not an escape route from one’s sins; it condemns the judges themselves, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 2:1.3</b>. God will judge everybody both the righteous and the wicked on the appointed time, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eccl 3:17</b>. One’s delight ought to be in the fear of the LORD for He shall not judge by what His eyes see, or decide by what His ears hear, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 11:3</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Charity begins at home. Anybody who wants to effect any positive change must start from him/herself. Otherwise, it will be a replica of what our politicians do today intending to deceive the masses forever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Rom 2:1-16</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">The Lord will judge his people (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heb 10:30</b>)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, help us transform our society by changing our lives – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; 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Charity begins at home: Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (26th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (I) ( 26 th June, 2017 ) on the Gospel   Gen 12:1-9; Ps 32:1...

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...have no fear (Matt 10:26): Twelfth Sunday of the Year (A) (25th June, 2017).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Homily (Reflection) for the Twelfth Sunday of the Year (A) (25</span>^{<span style="font-size: small;">th</span>}<span style="font-size: large;"> June, 2017) on the Gospel<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Jer 20:10-13;</span></div> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Ps 68:8-10.14.17.33-35 (R.V.14);</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Rom 5:12-15;</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 10:26-33</b>.</span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Jim Moore recalls being five and at his grandmother’s house when a fierce storm broke out. His father had to come get him. The wind was blowing; rain was pelting down; lightning was flashing; thunder was rumbling behind the clouds. The storm showed no signs of letting up....Jim’s father was wearing a big blue weather coat, and said, “Son, come here.” He covered his young son with his coat, and out into the storm they went. Even though it was raining hard, the wind was howling, and he couldn’t see a thing under that coat, young Jim was not at all afraid. He knew his father could see where they were going, so he just held on tightly and trusted him. Soon the coat opened and they were home.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/fb/YEAR%20A%202016-2017/Ordinary%20Time%20of%20the%20Year%20A/Twelfth%20Sunday%20of%20the%20Year%20(A)%20(2017).docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Topic</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">...have no fear </b>(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 10:26</b>).<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XfoPfw7ige2dv87R4oUHzB9uuBxjqAJi4jzO2QAg2cp_smV6pPvbqHicBz0ZY9D-kiqUUAtxqspZU-Ng3F76qpCNXi5MwTibVgXJi6Wss2wjjlz5gfFlz8lspRLtFyQ55lKhhuPp9Zk/s1600/25.06.2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XfoPfw7ige2dv87R4oUHzB9uuBxjqAJi4jzO2QAg2cp_smV6pPvbqHicBz0ZY9D-kiqUUAtxqspZU-Ng3F76qpCNXi5MwTibVgXJi6Wss2wjjlz5gfFlz8lspRLtFyQ55lKhhuPp9Zk/s1600/25.06.2017.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Many are very familiar with the passage, “with God all things are possible” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 19:26</b>) and other similar passages, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 1:37. 18:27; Mk 10:27</b>. Again, God knows everything, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Jn 3:20</b>. We often cite these and similar passages especially while addressing others. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Observing how some live, one wonders whether these go beyond the lips. I remember a priest who broke down in tears while addressing those who came to his mother’s funeral. Other priests while consoling him reminded him that he used to tell others not cry for nothing is unknown to God. Surprisingly, he retorted, “The person in question was my very own mother.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Troubles will certainly come our ways in one form or another but we must see them as opportunity to testify, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 21:13</b>. God beckons, “Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 50:15</b>). However to the wicked God is saying, “What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips? For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 50:16-17; cf. Prov 1:28</b>). </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Often instead of troubles taking us closer to our saviour, it drives many very far from the saviour (God), cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 106:21</b>. Jesus is telling us in today’s gospel, </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Do not fear.... Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet none of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 10:28-31</b>).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">In our introductory story, ‘Even though it was raining hard, the wind was howling, and he couldn’t see a thing under that coat, young Jim was not at all afraid. He knew his father could see where they were going, so he just held on tightly and trusted him.’ You may not know how to come out of the problem you are in but certainly God does and will lead us like the blind to safety, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 42:16</b>. God will never forsake us in the wilderness of this world, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 49:15;</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Neh 9:19; Ps 78:14, 53</b>.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">God expects us to cling to Him more firmly than Jim clung to his father. And to have confidence in Him more than Jim placed in his father. God expects us to cry to Him from the heart, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hos 7:14</b>. You may have broke faith. There is still hope. God promises, “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Chr 7:14</b>). Finally, Christ assures us, “Everyone... who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 10:32-33</b>). Every situation we face in this world is an opportunity to either acknowledge Christ or deny Him. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: 2Chr 7:12-22; Hos 6:1-11; Is 49:8-26; </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Matt 10:16-25</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thought for today:</b> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God is truly all-powerful and a faithful God.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lord, help us to be always conscious that you are </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a faithful God</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> and all-powerful – Amen</span>. </span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; 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mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">May God bless you all+</span></span></div> <br /> <div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"> <!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><br clear="all" /> <hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /> <!--[endif]--> <div id="ftn1" style="mso-element: footnote;"> <div class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt;"> <a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/fb/YEAR%20A%202016-2017/Ordinary%20Time%20of%20the%20Year%20A/Twelfth%20Sunday%20of%20the%20Year%20(A)%20(2017).docx" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Fuller, G., (2010). <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stories for all seasons</i></b>. Mumbai: St Pauls, p. 38.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> </div> </div>

...have no fear (Matt 10:26): Twelfth Sunday of the Year (A) (25th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for the Twelfth Sunday of the Year (A) (25 th June, 2017) on the Gospel Jer 20:10-13; Ps 68:8-10.14.17.33-35 (R...

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Where many fail: Solemnity of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist (24th June, 2017).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for the Solemnity of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist (24^th June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Solemnity</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Is 49:1-6;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 138:1-3.13-15. (R. v. 14);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Acts 13:22-26;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lk 1:57-66.80</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQYQ9b3kjDik8NFCQrI9SSuueovcrvR2WMZ8sipiQ8n8Oe7QiI-zp4kZB15jXylostF4zangsr_hgRVe9dtWbBFpj8GsvaWz6_UWDrPx37N9zkGb-mhwQV31dV7Y02tGtLARlyz_kzm0/s1600/24.06.2016.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQYQ9b3kjDik8NFCQrI9SSuueovcrvR2WMZ8sipiQ8n8Oe7QiI-zp4kZB15jXylostF4zangsr_hgRVe9dtWbBFpj8GsvaWz6_UWDrPx37N9zkGb-mhwQV31dV7Y02tGtLARlyz_kzm0/s1600/24.06.2016.png" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We celebrate the birth of the voice that cried in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord’ cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:23</b>. The gospel described his parents thus, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">...there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord. But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 1:5-7</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Where many fail</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 4pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">The message of angel Gabriel to Zechariah about the birth of John the Baptist reads in part, “Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John. You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 1:13-14</b>)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In today’s gospel, people who rejoiced at his birth became an obstacle. With every good intention, they wanted the child to be named after his father, Zechariah in line with their custom. But Elizabeth and Zechariah followed God’s counsel which stands for ever, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 33:11</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">John came to prepare the way for the Lord, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 40:3; Mal 3:1; Matt 3:3</b>. He never deviated from the call, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 3:11; Jn 1:19-23; Acts 13:24-25; 19:4</b>. When it was reported to him that Jesus was baptising and that all were going to Him, he replied, “He must increase, but I must decrease” (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 3:30</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We rejoice with Zechariah and Elizabeth today at the birth of John because they waited for God’s time to a point all considered hopeless. They never deviated from God’s will. Because the people were in expectation, it would have been very easy for John to steal the stage but he did not, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 3:15</b>. Yet Jesus described him as the greatest of all born of women, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 7:28</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is not only that the gate to true success is narrow and the way hard, but often the whole thing looks so stupid. Hence, many do not find it, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 7:14</b>. Never forget that “the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 1:25</b>). Never leave God’s will for any other. And be the best of the person God created in you. Finally, “...in everything God works for good with those who love him” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 8:28</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Lk 1:5-25; Jn 3:22-30; Ps 33.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 1pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">God’s counsel is assured.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> God, help us to follow you wholeheartedly without looking to either right or left – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Saint John the Baptist – Pray for us</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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Where many fail: Solemnity of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist (24th June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for the Solemnity of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist (24 th June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Solemnity   I...

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Cross in Love: Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (A) (23rd June, 2017).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (A) (23^rd June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Solemnity</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 50%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"></span></b> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deut 7:6-11;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 102:1-4.6-8.10. (R. v.17);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1Jn 4:7-16;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 11:25-30</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 4pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThDK9NJTaQhQtsZbhkTyD3Lpy4or44YEkLMwABn_FtzO6tYXp_QvdgGqnVGZcNy2okQw1Pyl9AeYL4Bwq4m8h4lWAxC6IZOqAPmtkUWDC444Z8KepT1AzCY8uFo9ped8-8x2o-p5MJyw/s1600/03.06.2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThDK9NJTaQhQtsZbhkTyD3Lpy4or44YEkLMwABn_FtzO6tYXp_QvdgGqnVGZcNy2okQw1Pyl9AeYL4Bwq4m8h4lWAxC6IZOqAPmtkUWDC444Z8KepT1AzCY8uFo9ped8-8x2o-p5MJyw/s1600/03.06.2016.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus can be traced back to the eleventh century. It marked the spirituality of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the twelfth century and of Saint Bonaventure and Saint Gertrude the Great in the thirteenth century. The devotion to the love of God as symbolized by the heart of Jesus is found even in the fathers of the Church including Origen, Saint Ambrose, Saint Jerome, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Hippolytus of Rome, Saint Irenaeus, Saint Justin Martyr and Saint Cyprian.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But the first liturgical feast of the Sacred Heart was celebrated, with episcopal approval, on 31^st August 1670, in the major seminary of Rennes, France, through the efforts of Saint John Eudes. The revelations to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart Droste zu Vischering gave this devotion more impetus. Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was approved by the papacy for Poland and Portugal in 1765, and for Venice, Austria and Spain in 1788. Finally, in 1856, Pope Pius IX extended it to the universal Church. Pope Pius XI raised it to Solemnity in 1928.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Fr.%20Moses/Desktop/Weekday%20Homilies/Daily%20Tonic%20for%20Year%20I/Ordinary%20Time%20(I)/Eleventh%20Week%20in%20Ordinary%20Time%20(I).docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #2e7061;">[1]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Cross in Love</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As we celebrate the love of God as symbolized by the heart of Jesus, Jesus calls in today’s gospel, “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 11:28</b>). Again, the Psalmist wrote, “Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 55:22</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">These verses and similar ones taken in isolation might lead to the conclusion that following Christ shields one from every evil. The gospel reads further, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 11:29-30</b>). Whenever one lowers the burden of sin he/she takes up that of righteousness and God support those who carry the burden of righteousness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both the virtuous and the wicked can suffer but the difference is in the outcome. The freedom of Christ has set us free from the heavy burden of sin. It is our duty to ensure that we do not fall back to the yoke of slavery to sin, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gal 5:1</b>. It is only a person who has made up his/her mind to be the slave of God alone who can say with Saint Paul: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 3pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Phil 3:8</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dear ones in the Lord, “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 3:16</b>). Let us bear the yoke of the Lord of heaven and earth which is easy and light so that we may find rest for our souls. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Is 1:2-20; 1Pt 3:8-22; 4:12-19; Phil 2:12-18</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 1pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Which burden do you bear – Christ’s or devils</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">God our Father help us to remember always that we can have rest only in you. 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Cross in Love: Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (A) (23rd June, 2017).

Homily (Reflection) for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (A) (23 rd June, 2017) on the Gospel and the Solemnity   Deut 7...

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