Towards effective prayer: Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel., (21st June, 2018).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Homily (Reflection) for the Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel., (21^st June, 2018) on the Gospel and the Memorial</span></b></span></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II)</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sir 48:1-14;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 96:1-7. (R. v.12);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 6:7-15</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHUlqvOZ9vS5ivn9mK4meARm10N26jxkUpGkmssf_yAksuhSoPYD-ax75mflXXEwfkjBQuI2MhpSyjPPnlI6WhXvf5-IoF7hzTvPdZjN69jJZX1sY_PuRSA9hyBuPS2_2wZETdVmCNvA/s1600/21.06.2018.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHUlqvOZ9vS5ivn9mK4meARm10N26jxkUpGkmssf_yAksuhSoPYD-ax75mflXXEwfkjBQuI2MhpSyjPPnlI6WhXvf5-IoF7hzTvPdZjN69jJZX1sY_PuRSA9hyBuPS2_2wZETdVmCNvA/s1600/21.06.2018.png" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (March 9, 1568 – June 21, 1591) was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus after a four-year contest with his father who wanted him to be a military hero. While caring for the victims of an epidemic that struck Rome in 1591, he caught the disease and died a student. He was beatified on October 19, 1605, by Pope Paul V and canonized on December 31, 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII, all in Rome. He is the patron Saint of young students, Christian youth, Jesuit scholastics, the blind, AIDS patients, and AIDS care-givers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Towards effective prayer</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How a request is made contributes considerably to its being received favourably or not. As a result, before approaching anyone for assistance, one of the things people get clear in their heads is how best to do the presentation. Sometimes people meet either those close to the people or those whose requests were granted for advice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint John’s gospel reads: “No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:18</b>). Again, “No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 3:13</b>). That only Son who knows the best way to the Father’s heart thought us how best to achieve this. In today’s gospel, He started with the first step, “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.” He emphasized, “Do not be like them....”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do you think we follow this advice while praying today? What about shouting as if God hears more readily those who shout more than others? Where is the difference between Christian prayers and that of the prophets of Baal, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Kg 18:26-29</b>. Jesus also said, “... your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whoever fails this first step most certainly will end up not praying to God. We remember the prayers of the Pharisee and the tax collector. The Pharisee heaped up empty phrases in the name of prayer, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 18:11-12</b>. On the other hand, although the tax collector uttered just a sentence but God heard him, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk 18:13-14</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our help comes from the LORD, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 121:2</b>. He works for those who wait for him, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 64:4</b>. Let us wait for Him praying as Christians and not Gentiles. He is our refuge, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 62:8</b>. Saint Aloysius Gonzaga we celebrate today has something to emphasize. As one spends long hours praying, he/she must not forget that the God he/she is praying to is very close by, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 25:40,45</b>. He nursed, washed and made the beds of patients because he saw Jesus in them irrespective of status, colour, race, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 8pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Ps 121:1-8; Lk 18:9-14.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Our help comes from the Lord, cf. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Ps 121:2</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, help us to pray as you have thought us – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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Towards effective prayer: Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel., (21st June, 2018).

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God is the target: Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (20th June, 2018).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Homily (Reflection) for Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (20^th June, 2018) on the Gospel<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 50%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></o:p></span></b> </div> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2Kg 2:1.6-14;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 30:20.21.24. (R. v. 25);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 6:1-6.16-18</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: God is the target</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6xC0ow81X5o0M_uCyLXmvsLd7bogRSsgyYIfdiSnBApZsW9lyHRi-YBjVw6usHZ8rT_3wnfgz_hfvXFFmL1YDhL4SMd7EUJAF_vEgE0FSBKTex3BTc07bUZZm8o21UL7zJBXGz-mh7A/s1600/20.06.2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="325" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6xC0ow81X5o0M_uCyLXmvsLd7bogRSsgyYIfdiSnBApZsW9lyHRi-YBjVw6usHZ8rT_3wnfgz_hfvXFFmL1YDhL4SMd7EUJAF_vEgE0FSBKTex3BTc07bUZZm8o21UL7zJBXGz-mh7A/s320/20.06.2018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Audience ought to determine the medium of communication. Think of one whose target audience are old men and women in remote villages where there is no electricity using the television to pass information or another posting on the internet for people who do not have access to the internet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s gospel consists of Jesus’ teachings on: almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. His introduction summarized the whole teachings, “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them: for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.” Whoever is giving alms, praying, and fasting must remember that it is God who rewards and as a result use the proper medium. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">God does not need any publicity. He knows everything, including the secrets of the heart, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Jn 3:20</b>; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 44:21; Rom 2:16</b>. And He will judge and reward all according to their deeds, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jer 25:14; Ezek 36:19; Rev 2:23</b>. We all must give account to Him, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heb 4:13</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The best people can afford is to say good of a person and probably give awards that do not take one to anywhere. Doing good works for others to see is worse than going into a competition that worth millions of dollars just to be hailed by people. We have much more in store, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 2:9</b>. Whoever wants to get the real benefits of good works must channel them properly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Heb 11:23-28.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Work for the right reward.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> May God help us live our lives entirely for Him – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are free to share this reflection with others if you consider it worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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God is the target: Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (20th June, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (20 th June, 2018) on the Gospel   2Kg 2:1.6-14; Ps...

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Emulate the Father: Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (19th June, 2018).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (19^th June, 2018) on the Gospel</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1Kg 21:17-29;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 50:3-6.11.16. (R. cf. v.3);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 5:43-48</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Emulate the Father</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliXFyEH8KD_WuJx-PX8rK53KeWIofor5m5j5M-IY2GdWj3yqlxBvoj1vzMjYsxC97HRBlUoCXsnvhxU08o_IsMYtEMLwKHpPrOihXbqKsWskRrkynIqbig3vwwYDEzJ6xn8Rmby4S7Gg/s1600/19.06.2018.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliXFyEH8KD_WuJx-PX8rK53KeWIofor5m5j5M-IY2GdWj3yqlxBvoj1vzMjYsxC97HRBlUoCXsnvhxU08o_IsMYtEMLwKHpPrOihXbqKsWskRrkynIqbig3vwwYDEzJ6xn8Rmby4S7Gg/s1600/19.06.2018.png" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus asks us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. By doing this we become the true children of our Father whose sun rises and rain falls for all. He went further and queried, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Although Jesus was quoted to have said that previously it was “You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy”, but we have these passages in the Old Testament: “If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Prov 25:21</b>). Again, “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Prov 24:17</b>). In the book of Exodus we also read,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you shall bring it back. When you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden and you would hold back from setting it free, you must help to set it free” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ex 23:4-5</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Love of one’s enemies is not entirely a new law. We must follow the example of our heavenly Father to be perfect as He is. He does not despise anybody, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Job 36:5</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Ex 23:1-9.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">God despises nobody, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Job 36:5</b>.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> God, help us see beyond the physical being that hurts us to the real person you created in your image and likeness – Amen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are free to share this reflection with others if you consider it worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For more homilies (reflections):<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Visit our website: </span></span></b><a href="http://www.thepulpitonline.com/"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">www.thepulpitonline.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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Emulate the Father: Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (19th June, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (19 th June, 2018) on the Gospel   1Kg 21:17-29; Ps 5...

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It is as it was: Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (18th June, 2018).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (18^th June, 2018) on the Gospel</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1Kg 21:1-16;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 5:2-3.5-7. (R. v.2); <o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Matt 5:38-42.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: It is as it was</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is a common belief that the old law was, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ex. 21:24-25</b>). In today’s gospel Jesus gave us “new” law, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvXRNc50rkEKPJrYMTIzjlNNUuK7DxlXnPezvH21LiW5VYwF-JdfejNcRFHXWDLuSXpm38acHCLXduW2gNq48dm0LeeiPkl8Iq21ax5eXX0FsxCsqORUpxlQPeoQLZoBngzHkUjtAVTA/s1600/18.06.2018.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvXRNc50rkEKPJrYMTIzjlNNUuK7DxlXnPezvH21LiW5VYwF-JdfejNcRFHXWDLuSXpm38acHCLXduW2gNq48dm0LeeiPkl8Iq21ax5eXX0FsxCsqORUpxlQPeoQLZoBngzHkUjtAVTA/s1600/18.06.2018.png" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile. Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Strikingly, this law is not a new one because the Old Testament also has these, “You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the LORD” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lev 19:18</b>). Why? God answers, “Vengeance is mine, and recompense...” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Deut 32:35</b>). And He has set a day of vengeance, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 34:8</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It must be the stubbornness of the people that mutilated God’s message, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 19:8</b>. Saint Paul rightly admonished us, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 12:19</b>). We are certain of Him who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heb 10:30</b>). Let us leave everything to God as He commanded us from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Rom 12:9-21</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Overcome evil with good (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 12:21b</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, strengthen us to remain your children even in the face of all difficulties – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; 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It is as it was: Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (18th June, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II) (18 th June, 2018) on the Gospel   1Kg 21:1-16; Ps 5:2...

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Mere Instruments: Eleventh Sunday of the Year (B) (17th June, 2018).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Homily (Reflection) for the Eleventh Sunday of the Year (B) (17</span>^{<span style="font-size: small;">th</span>}<span style="font-size: large;"> June, 2018) on the Gospel</span></span></b></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">Ezek 17:22-24;</span></div> <span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">Ps 91:2-3.13-16 (R. cf. V. 2);</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">2Cor 5:6-10;</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mk 4:26-34</b>.</span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 4pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">A mad man who was living alone measured out some quantity of dried corn. After setting it on fire, he left the house to fetch firewood. But on his return, he was surprised to see that the pot was no longer enough for the corn. He thought that someone crept in while he was away and added some to the one he set on fire. With a very loud voice he called on ‘whoever added more corn’ to his to come and take it back. According to him, he knew the quantity of corn he had in the pot.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Topic:</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Mere Instruments</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";">.<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today’s gospel is made up of two parables. The first parable reads in part: “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mk 4:26-27</b>). Again, the mustard seed according to the gospel pericope</span>, </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd44hqIB3M2LsJfBJk__MsHcnLtCXrqMptJ5W0DYrI1XG9JccRud0jpUs_8cBGpPWyg6QFq-i1BGUYouK05lpwn6wWCK7HDxwkB6ajBnoqw1JagdfYLHBauTispVBECVJPRmhlJ2ALJKI/s1600/17.06.2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd44hqIB3M2LsJfBJk__MsHcnLtCXrqMptJ5W0DYrI1XG9JccRud0jpUs_8cBGpPWyg6QFq-i1BGUYouK05lpwn6wWCK7HDxwkB6ajBnoqw1JagdfYLHBauTispVBECVJPRmhlJ2ALJKI/s1600/17.06.2018.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 4pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">…is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mk 4:31-32</b>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It is worth noting that if the mustard seed is not sown upon the ground, it will continue to be the smallest of all the seeds. The act of sowing moves the mustard seed from one condition to other – from being the smallest seed to becoming the greatest of all shrubs (two extremes).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Imagine someone who has just a mustard seed. He/she may even throw it away grudging that he/she has “nothing”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Often, we do lack confidence in ourselves. Some find it very difficult to believe that they are good for anything. Many dreams are thereby left unfulfilled. Some of these dreams are capable of changing the entire world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Whatever gift one has can be greater than the biblical mustard seed if put in use. If not, your gift/s will rot away as the smallest of all the gifts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Kingdom of God is not just something the blessed will experience hereafter. It can be experienced here on earth, hence, we pray that the face of the earth be renewed – “Send forth your Spirit and they shall be recreated. And you shall renew the face of the earth”. The kingdom of God is within us, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lk. 17:21</b>. If kingdom is understood as the abode of the king, then the kingdom of God must be where God lives. And God lives within us, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Cor 6:19</b>. The kingdom of God can also be seen as “… righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 14:17</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">We are all instruments in the hands of God. Every instrument is meant for something big. The major difference between us and other instruments is that we can refuse to be used by God. God has right to use us as He wills just as the potter has right over the clay, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rom 9:21</b>. God wants us all to put all He blessed us with into work and these will bring out others that we never knew that we have. What each of us can become is only known to God, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 24:36; Mk 13:32</b>. We can become so big in the Lords vineyard if we let our gifts out, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 25: 14-30</b>. Just as the mustard seed cannot plant itself, our gifts cannot use themselves. We are mere mortals and God works in so many ways that we might not be able to understand through us, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 4:7</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In summary, just like that mad man we saw in the introductory part of this homily, one might think that he/she knows what he/she can do and what he/she cannot, but God can use every instrument beyond every imagination. Let us allow ourselves to be used by starting now to do what is good. How they will become big and how big is in God’s hand, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 9:38; Lk 10:2</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Matt 25: 14-30; Lk 17:20-37; Rom 14: 15-21; 1Cor 6:12-20; Ps 16:1-11</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thought for today:</b> Do y<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ou know that you are just an instrument in the hand of God</span>?</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord and Master, give us the grace that will enable us put every gift we have received from you into proper use – Amen</span>. </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; 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Mere Instruments: Eleventh Sunday of the Year (B) (17th June, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for the Eleventh Sunday of the Year (B) (17 th June, 2018) on the Gospel Ezek 17:22-24; Ps 91:2-3.13-16 (R. cf. V...

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Christian’s word: Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (16th June, 2018).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (16^th June, 2018) on the Gospel</span></span></b></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Our Lady of Saturday, Opt Mem.</b>)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1Kg 19:19-21;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 15:1-2.5.7-10. (R. cf. v. 5);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 5:33-37</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Christian’s word</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZlHzMDQ2_bgcx7so5FRul7PfIrG9CUQ8qCM3MPmsudDIIR3Aml2q5skLx5flit39j9NFEBuSlFW07BRSPJKDP72uReMEi8XV5FUTNtQirkhI_nFH6UumoJyoNc7guwoO5F9zJlnf-F4/s1600/16.06.2018.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZlHzMDQ2_bgcx7so5FRul7PfIrG9CUQ8qCM3MPmsudDIIR3Aml2q5skLx5flit39j9NFEBuSlFW07BRSPJKDP72uReMEi8XV5FUTNtQirkhI_nFH6UumoJyoNc7guwoO5F9zJlnf-F4/s1600/16.06.2018.png" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In today’s gospel Jesus commands us in His teaching concerning oaths, “Do not swear at all.... Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 5:34,37</b>).</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why does one swear other than to convince the other of his/her genuineness? Saint Paul in his letter to Philippians urges us to “be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Phil 2:15; cf. Matt 5:14; 2Cor 4:6</b>). In his second letter to Corinthians he pointed out how worldly people make their plans, “Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man, ready to say Yes and No at once?” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2Cor 1:17</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ is telling us to be children of the Father that we are in reality because in Him, it is always Yes, cf. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">2Cor 1:19</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hence, Saint Paul admonishes us to “be imitators of God, as beloved children” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eph 5:1</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saint John tells us how to identify the children of God, and the children of the devil, “whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1Jn 3:10</b>). And from the gospel of Saint John we read, “But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jn 1:12</b>). We are called to be real and not to confuse people with our lies in the name of taking oath. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2Cor 1:12-22</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">You are the light of the world (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 5:14</b>)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God, give us your grace and the courage to say Yes, Yes or No, No. May we never speak for the evil one</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are free to share this reflection with others if you consider it worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For more homilies (reflections):<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; 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Christian’s word: Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (16th June, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (16 th June, 2018) on the Gospel ( Our Lady of Saturday, Opt...

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Beyond actions: Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (15th June, 2018).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Homily (Reflection) for Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (15^th June, 2018) on the Gospel </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1Kg 19:9.11-16;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 26:7-9.13-14. (R. v. 8);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 5:27-32</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: Beyond actions</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMQqIx6vOxVAT7NEtGpAUOpUL-LkXAYC-Bcj8UpgqtlFpY59Nb1Qbp0m5IFAk561_NUobQvUm_F5jaytGmYl1yuypDnd2a0AH1r47E7z82ZkBp8ygZEGjvARrLI2oGqzVM-M6o1Ibi8g/s1600/15.06.2018.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMQqIx6vOxVAT7NEtGpAUOpUL-LkXAYC-Bcj8UpgqtlFpY59Nb1Qbp0m5IFAk561_NUobQvUm_F5jaytGmYl1yuypDnd2a0AH1r47E7z82ZkBp8ygZEGjvARrLI2oGqzVM-M6o1Ibi8g/s1600/15.06.2018.png" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s gospel is comprised of two teachings (parts): on adultery (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 5:27-30</b>) and on divorce (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 5:31-32</b>). It is a continuation of Jesus’ demand on His followers to go extra mile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the first part, beyond “You shall not commit adultery” as demanded of the ancients, Jesus said, “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Sin comes from the heart (cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matt 15:18-20</b>) and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">...is an offence against reason, truth and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbour caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods.... It has been defined as ‘an utterance, a deed or desire contrary to the eternal law’ (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CCC1849</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The effects of sin are enormous. Borrowing the words of the Psalmist, “There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 38:3</b>). Again, “When I declared not my sin, my body wasted away through my groan all day long” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 32:3</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sins can be classed “as sins in thought, word, deed or omission” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CCC1853</b>). And in today’s gospel, Jesus draws our minds beyond sinful actions to sinful thoughts. He also warns us to forfeit anything that will lead to sin because it ultimately leads to hell fire. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 8pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dear friends, if only we can say yes to God today and turn away from our sins of thought, word, deed and/or omission, He will graciously forgive us all our sins, cf. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is 45:22; Jer 33:8; 1Jn 1:9</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 3pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Ps 51.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 4pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Watch beyond your deeds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, “Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin” – Amen (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ps 51:2</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; 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Beyond actions: Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (15th June, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (15 th June, 2018) on the Gospel   1Kg 19:9.11-16; Ps 26:...

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The cut-off mark: Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (14th June, 2018).

<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Homily (Reflection) for Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (14^th June, 2018) on the Gospel <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 50%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1Kg 18:41-46;<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ps 64:10-13. (R. v.2);<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Matt 5:20-26</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Topic: The cut-off mark</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkJBZplAy295rbvTF5-_nSWzzRythc4dPkWFo-dsP9yGKE6iEZWW7dN9WkbeWYGur3JtMdL5JCHjknuPOgdwiw_URtB-cpWiYii8Tg7uI_38NUwN6j3zvJArFfiicEFlS8aKh5AHSx-Q/s1600/14.06.2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkJBZplAy295rbvTF5-_nSWzzRythc4dPkWFo-dsP9yGKE6iEZWW7dN9WkbeWYGur3JtMdL5JCHjknuPOgdwiw_URtB-cpWiYii8Tg7uI_38NUwN6j3zvJArFfiicEFlS8aKh5AHSx-Q/s1600/14.06.2018.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus taught in today’s gospel that His disciples’ righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees to make the kingdom of heaven. The ancients were forbidden from committing murder but Jesus said that whoever is angry with a brother or sister is liable to judgement, whoever insults will be liable to the council, and whoever calls another a fool will be liable to hell of fire. May be to show how serious these are Jesus said further, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt 0.7in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first reconcile to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Obviously, more is expected of Jesus’ disciples to make the kingdom of heaven than of the old. One wonders, ‘If Jesus is to teach afresh today, what could He possibly expect of us?’ Surely, being angry with others, insulting or calling others all sorts of names make no sense today. Again, one should leave his/her offerings before the altar and go to reconcile with his/her brother or sister first. Purses, handsets among so many other things keep leaving churches daily when their real owners are still in the churches. Only God knows where any offering kept before the altar will be when the person who kept it returns.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 10pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is true that things keep falling apart but Jesus has not changed the cut-off mark He gave. Therefore whoever would make the kingdom of heaven must cross the cut-off mark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 8pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bible Reading</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Ezek 36:16-32; Heb 4:1-13.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thought for today:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Those who are ready will enter heaven, cf. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rev 21:27. 22:14</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;">Let us pray:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 110%;"> Lord, help us in our struggle to make the kingdom of heaven – Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; 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The cut-off mark: Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (14th June, 2018).

Homily (Reflection) for Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (14 th June, 2018) on the Gospel   1Kg 18:41-46; Ps 64:...

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