Tuesday, December 15, 2015

December 15 - Homily for Today

+ We are reminded in our readings today that the poor, the despised, the sinners have a truer grasp of who Jesus is than those who have no need of him because of their seeming righteousness: the chief priests and elders of the people. It is these poor who went out both to see John, and then Jesus later when he told them to go. The professional religious leaders did not believe in John and therefore they could not be redirected to Jesus.

In the first reading from the Prophet Zephaniah, we see that the remnant of the house of Israel would be the small number who hung on to belief in a messiah who would redeem the people. Though highly unlikely, these people would “save the day” – and be a true link from the sinful “primitives” and the purified “futures”!

May we celebrate today our membership in the “remnant of the Lord” - in this day and age, when so many seem to be “experts in religious matters” but have “missed the boat entirely” in their fantasizing about a “plastic Jesus” who gets brought out once a year at Christmas, but at other times of the year – is packed neatly away in the closet!

Come, O Lord, do not delay; forgive the sins of your people.


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