DATE : 14/1/2021, Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time year (B)
EVENT : Mass of the Weekday
COLOUR: Green
READINGS : Heb. 3:7-14; Resp. Psalm 94:6-11; Mark 1:40-45;
THEME: KINDNESS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS DIVINE
Greetings beloved people of God. I welcome you to "My Catholic Homily Digest". On this Fourteenth day of January 2021, I wish to reflect with us on the theme: " Kindness To People With Disabilities Is Divine" Beloved, one of the sights that often put me in a sober and reflective mood is seeing a disabled person (either blind, crippled, deaf, dumb or terminally sick), struggling and pitiably begging to survive. I often wonder what their thoughts and feelings about God would be like. Especially if they were disabled naturally due to no fault of theirs.
During one of my conversations with an elderly and sick priest friend of mine, he said to me: "my brother, you are only loved, cherished, remembered and useful to people and even the Church, as long as you are young, healthy and strong. If you become sick or disabled tomorrow, then you will feel the blunt side of life". Beloved, this words of his resounded in my ear as I reflected on the Gospel reading of today (Mk 1:40-44). In it we were told that going against the conventional and defying the discriminatory ritual laws of the Jews, Jesus reached out to a leprous man, smiled at him, touched him and healed him. Now, according to the Jewish custom, lepers were outcasts of society. They were driven from their homes and communities and left to fend for themselves in pitiable conditions. Their physical condition was terrible as they slowly lost the use of their limbs and withered away. They were not only shunned but regarded as "already dead" even by their relatives. This is not far from how many of us regard and react to the terminally sick and disabled people in our environments today.
Child of God, Jesus is not only our saviour, he is also our role model. He is a friend to the downtrodden, a companion to the forlorn, a helper of the disabled, and a compassionate minister to those dejected by the society. And so I ask you dearest, when you see a disabled person begging you for assistance, do you cheerfully render them your help or do you ward them off as nuisances? When you hear that a friend is infectiously sick, do you despise them and keep your distance or do you go close to show them love? When you hear that a friend is down with Covid-19, what will be your first reaction? Beloved, know it today that any act of kindness shown to the disabled makes you a divine person, and attract more blessings and graces upon you. God bless you.
Oh that today you would listen to his voice harden not your hearts (Ps.95:7-8).
#End Sars,
#End Political Oppression
#End Bad Governance
LET US PRAY :Lord Jesus, inflame my heart with your love and make me clean in body, mind, and spirit. Help me always show your love to those rejected by men......
The Lord be with you....... and with your Spirit.
May Almighty God bless you the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit......Amen
@ Fada Emmanuel Nnamdi Megwara, MSP. ⛪
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