DATE : 18/1/2021, Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time year (B)
EVENT : Mass of the Weekday
COLOUR: Green
READINGS: Heb. 5:1-10; Resp. Psalm 110:1.2.3.4; Mark 2:18-22.
THEME: TRY TO BE A WOUNDED HEALER
Greetings beloved people of God. I welcome you to "My Catholic Homily Digest". On this Eighteenth day of January 2021, I wish to reflect with us on the theme: " Try To Be A Wounded Healer". Beloved, one of the ironies of life is that none of us is without a weakness. None of us is without a scar. None of us is completely immune from faltering and falling into temptation. The only difference is how we all respond to the weaknesses, and to what extent are we ready and able to cooperate with the grace of God, so as to rise above our human nature. In Rom. 3:23, the Bible reads, "for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God". However, we know that despite our many limitations, God still uses man to bring about his good plans for all of humanity. But, before God uses a man, he prepares him. This is why Scriptures said, "God justifies does he calls and sanctifies does he had chosen for special purpose".
In the first reading of today, Heb. 5:1-10; We are told that, "every priest has been taken out of mankind and is appointed to act for men in their relations with God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins; and so he can sympathise with those who are ignorant or uncertain because he too lives in the limitations of weakness". It continued by telling us that " no priest ever chooses himself. He must be selected and sanctified as Aaron was chosen and sanctified". Now beloved friends, do not look at your priests as sub-humans or super-humans. They are made of bones, flesh, blood and spirit as you are. They have the same emotional attraction and outburst as you have. The only difference is that God has chosen them to act as intermediaries between himself and the rest of mankind. So while battling with human weakness and limitations themselves, they have to also help others in overcoming their weaknesses too. Thus, although they are nursing and licking their own wounds, they nevertheless, have to tend to the wounds of others and prioritize it even above their itching sores.
Beloved, it is not just priests who are called to be wounded healers. By virtue of our baptism, we have become priests, prophets and kings (Cf. 1Pet. 2:9). Hence, we all are called to assist others in overcoming their weaknesses. Although you may have many prayer petitions, you are called to some times spare out times to pray exclusively for others. Although you are heart broken, depressed and even confused, you are invited to empathize with others in their emotional breakdowns. Although you may be struggling with a particular habit, you are called to chastise others when you see them erring. I pray that in this coming week, we may act as wounded healers to each others......
Oh that today you would listen to his voice harden not your hearts (Ps.95:7-8).
#End Political Oppression
#End Bad Governance
LET US PRAY :Lord Jesus, you are the eternal high priest, who said that by your wound we are healed. Help me to become a wounded healer to all whom I shall meet this week...
The Lord be with you....... and with your Spirit.
May Almighty God bless you the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit......Amen
HAPPY NEW WEEK BELOVED FRIENDS
@ Fada Emmanuel Nnamdi Megwara, MSP. ⛪
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