Monday, May 24, 2010

Homily – May 24, 2010 – Eighth Week in Ordinary Time - Monday

+ We begin now the "teaching season" of the Church year and the first lesson is two-fold: from the first reading – Jesus risen and ascended is now our hope, and our aim and our goal – even if we have to endure some trials here below, it will all pay off handsomely in the end when we attain the fullness of life that is awaiting us; and, in order for the hope to be real, it must be absolute and completely detached from human concern – our hope must be based on our spiritual poverty (and even our material poverty if it gets in the way of our envisioning of the goal: Jesus and his Way of Life).

The "possible way of God," that Jesus suggests in the gospel passage, is the way of voluntary self-denial, penance and spiritual discipline. We are all called to such perfection and holiness. It just takes a little effort on our part to get out of our own way!

The Lord will remember his covenant forever, his end of the bargain - that is not the problem; whether we will remember our part
of the contract could be problematic: let us not only celebrate but also make our remembering a normal part of our daily Christian life, by prayer and by works of mercy!

Jesus Christ became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

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