Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the
Eighth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (27th
February, 2017) on the Gospel
Sir 17:24-29;
Ps 31:1-2.5-7. (R. v.11);Mk 10:17-27.
Topic: Step-by-step.
In today’s gospel, a rich man ran to Jesus and asked Him:
“Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him in
part,
You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You shall
not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You
shall not defraud; Honour your father and mother.’ He [the rich man] said to
him, ‘Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.’
Maybe the man expected Jesus to tell him that he has made it but
he received these terrifying words, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own,
and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then
come, follow me.” And the gospel reads further, “When he heard this, he was
shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.”
At every point, each person is faced with either striving to
move on or staying back that he/she has made it or worst still that he/she
can’t. And a very big disservice one can do to him/herself is to stop moving forward
because automatically it sets the person on a very fast track to relegation. Even
Jesus said, “My Father is working still, and I am working” (Jn 5:17).
In our spiritual journey, it is the same principle. Hence in
his letter to the Corinthians Saint Paul wrote, “I fed you with milk, not solid
food; for you were not ready for it...” (1Cor
3:2). Again, “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a
child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways” (1Cor 13:11). Take your steps
one-by-one. And never deceive yourself or anybody else that you have made it
before you make it.
Bible
Reading: 1Pt 5:1-11.
Thought for today: Be faithful unto death... (Rev 2:10).
Let us pray: May God help us stand firm till the
end – Amen.
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