Thursday, September 1, 2016

Sep 1 - Homily for Today

+ The underlying message of our readings today is that the plan is for us to belong not to ourselves, but rather to Christ, so that he can hand us, once made safe, secure and sanctified over to his Father for a life of unending beatitude and richness!  Those who are wise in worldly ways (seeking to possess themselves) actually have less than nothing; and they have a great obstacle to overcome if they are to find themselves included in the Lord’s plan. Only those who are wise in the ways of the Spirit are truly wise and have qualification to be counted as a part of Christ.

It was one of the great tasks of Jesus to qualify people, as many as possible, for life in the Kingdom of his Father – and to help him he made the logical choice of obtaining the help of fishermen, who would actually be transformed into fishers-of-men: a task for which they would be eminently qualified! The gentle and patient technique of catching fish would be quite useful in attracting people to the great bark of the Church!

Today it would be in our best interest, first of all, to be caught by the apostolic church, and then to volunteer our services in helping out in the men-fishing-task! There are so many in the oceans of the world who are swimming around aimlessly and in the dark; our presence to them could make all the difference in their lives, both here and hereafter. Let us be their hope!

Come after me, says the Lord, and I will make you fishers of men.


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