Fr. Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie, MSP - Homily for Tuesday Week 30 Ordinary time - October 27, 2020

TUESDAY 30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II Ephesians 5: 21-33 CREATING A GOOD CHRISTIAN FAMILY St Paul in the first reading of today gives a long and detailed discussion on how to have a peaceful Christian home that can help build up a good family. Most of the problems we have in our society today have their foundation from the family. In psalm 11:3, we are asked what the righteous can do if the foundation has been destroyed. Many children who cause havoc and are not stable in our society today can be traced to broken homes. This is why st Paul advices that husbands and wives should strive to live a peaceful life and be models for their children. Husbands and wives should be best of friends, they should live, care and cater for one another, there should be understanding, patience and respect for one another. I know a family where the husband calls his wife mummy and the wife calls him daddy. This has gone a long way to instill much more love and respect from the children. A family where there is always quarrel and rancor cannot be models of christian faith. Husbands should love and care for their wives instead of lording it over them. There should be trust and understanding. We pray that almighty God will give us the grace to make our family holy just like the family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. God help us. Amen. Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP.