Homily (Reflection) for Thursday of the Fourteenth
Week in Ordinary Time (II) (12th July, 2018) on the Gospel
Hos 11:1-4.8-9;
Ps 79:2-3.15-16. (R. v.4);
Matt 10:7-15.
Topic: Preaching the gospel.
Preaching the gospel is in the words of Saint Paul preaching
the crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, cf. 1Cor 1:23. Preachers of the true gospel
preach Jesus Christ as Lord, and themselves as mere servants for Jesus’ sake,
cf. 2Cor 4:5.
The work is neither mine nor anybody else’s but God’s. He
does not approve of any addition or subtraction, cf. Prov 30:6. Saint Paul rightly prophesied, “For the time is coming
when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will
accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings” (2Tim 4:3). However, mutilating the
gospel for whatever reason does nobody good; the preacher places curse on
him/herself (cf. Gal 1:8) and also
deprived the people of the means of salvation, cf. 1Cor 1:21.
Although God preaches through human instruments, it is solely
in God’s hand what will come out of it, cf. 1Cor 3:6. If a preacher is rejected, it is He who does His work
through him/her that is rejected, cf. Lk
10:16. And Jesus warned in today’s gospel, “Truly I tell you, it will be
more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgement than
for that town.”
Dearest fellow servants, let us stick to preaching Christ and
leave the rest for the Lord of the harvest. Doing anything contrary as we have
seen is very dangerous for both the preachers and the hearers.
Bible Reading: 2Tim
4:1-8.
Thought for today: Preaching is solely God’s.
Let us pray: Lord, grant us the grace to stick to
the gospel no matter how stupid it might appear to be – Amen.
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