Monday, October 12, 2020
Fr. Emmanuel Megwara, MSP - Homily for Monday Week 28 Ordinary time - October 12, 2020
DATE : 12/10/2020, Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time (A) EVENT :Mass of
the Weekday COLOUR : GREEN READINGS : Gal. 4:22-24,26-27,31-5:1; Resp. Psalm
112:1-7; Luke 11:29-32. THEME: CHRIST HAS SET YOU FREE Greetings beloved people
of God. I welcome you to "My Catholic Homily Digest". As this new working week
begins, I want to reflect with us on the theme, " Christ has set you Free". It
is always a thing of shame to see a free-born behaving or been treated like a
slave in a house or place where he or she is supposed to be free. It is no more
news that in most African countries, especially in Nigeria, free bonafide
citizens are often harassed and treated like slaves in their own lands. Some of
the so called law enforcement agencies that were supposed to protect and defend
the rights of free citizens have resorted to treating them like thrash prisoners
and our leaders looked on. As if this physical assault on our freedom as
bonafide citizens in our Country is not enough, spiritually, the Devil still
tries to cage us, to mal-treat us, to restrict us and to bind us in the yoke of
slavery. However, with His vicarious suffering, Christ has freed us from the
dominion and powers of sin, sickness, poverty, hunger, passion, backwardness,
untimely death and damnation, and has set us completely free and blameless. But,
due to our nonchallant attitude and carelessness, we have allowed the Devil to
have reasons to accuse us before God and to thwart our God given freedom. More
so, due to our personal sins and life style choices, we now live like slaves,
lacking all the blessings and privileges of free borns in Christ. Beloved, just
like St. Paul tells us through the first reading of today that "When Christ
freed us, he meant us to remain free. Therefore, let us try not to submit again
to the yoke of slavery". Because if eventually we fail or refuse to live as free
borns, preferring slavery, on the judgement day, the heathens and pagans who
have not known Christ's redemptive grace and freedom will rise up and condemn
us, for we should have known better. May God help us to shun the vices which
lead us to slavery and make us live to enjoy the blessing and privileges of free
borns this week and beyond...God bless you Oh that today you would listen to his
voice harden not your hearts (Ps.95:7-8) LET US PRAY : Lord Jesus, your word
said: "he whom the Son of man sets free is free indeed", help me by your grace
to live and walk in freedom all the remaining days of my life.....Amen HAPPY NEW
WEEK (BARKA DA SABUWAR MAKO) @ Fada Emmanuel Nnamdi Megwara, MSP. ⛪
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