DATE : 10/10/2020, Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time (A)
EVENT : Mass of the Weekday or BVM
COLOUR : GREEN
READINGS : Gal. 3:22-29; Resp. Psalm 104:2-7; Luke 11:27-28.
THEME: YOU TOO CAN BE BLESSED EXCEEDINGLY
Greetings beloved people of God. I welcome you to "My Catholic Homily Digest". I wish to reflect with us on the theme "You too can be Blessed Exceedingly". Often times dear friends, we fail to recognise our blessedness. Instead, we look at other people as more blessed, more privileged, rich, handsome, pretty, talented, and powerful than ourselves. This is not to say that we should look on ourselves as better than other people, but that we should recognise our own unique talents and blessedness.
In the first reading of today, St. Paul draws our consciousness to the fact that through faith rather than bloodline, we all are heirs and have equal share and opportunity in the blessedness which God promised us in Abraham. Thus, there is no room for jealousy or low self esteem for we all share a common faith in Christ. A faith which guarantees us a right in the treasures of heaven and booty of father Abraham.
Beloved, Scriptures tell us in Romans 10:17, that "faith comes by hearing, and hearing the word of Christ". However, although faith comes by hearing the word of Christ, the right to participate in the blessedness of the children of faith comes by keeping and obeying the word of God which we have heard, as Christ pointed out to the woman in the Gospel passage of today, Luke 11:28. This is the issue with many Christians today, although we have strong faith, we are not able to access the treasures and blessedness that is ours as heirs of Abraham because, we often fail in obeying and keeping the word of God. I pray that from today, God will give us the grace to hear and obey His word so as to access our promised blessings. God bless you
Oh that today you would listen to his voice harden not your hearts (Ps.95:7-8)
LET US PRAY : Lord Jesus, give me your abundant graces to always hear and keep your word, for as man, you know how hard it is to keep your word amidst the trials and temptation of this world.....Amen
@ Fada Emmanuel Nnamdi Megwara, MSP. ⛪
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