Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of
the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (05th August, 2017) on the
Gospel
Lev 25:1.8-17;
Ps 66:2-3.5.7-8. (R. v.4);
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 thought about himself.
He commanded 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 everyone be quick to listen, 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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