Wednesday, November 25, 2015

November 25 - Homily for Today

+ The first reading today from the Prophet Daniel encourages us always to read the handwriting on the wall – sometimes it’s the best way God has in communicating with us.

The gospel passage presents a realistic picture of what being a Catholic is all about: it is being a member of a group, a community, who stand alone in the world, contrary to its values, and intent on making a difference in it in order to save it and help transform it into the heavenly reality that it is called to be. This would then mean that this “world” will hate us – if we are doing our part rightly – but we are not to worry because God himself is not only in our midst, he is deep within us – and our baptisms, confirmations and ordinations arm us to deal with whatever it takes to be the evangelists we are called to be.

May it not be said that any of us declined to help the Lord in bringing the Good News of salvation to the ends of the earth as he asked us to do; it is our joy to do this and we will be empowered all the way! This does not mean it will be easy, but it means that it will be doable, and redemptive for ourselves and for others – and what more could we ask for?

Give glory and eternal praise to him!


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