SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY. (Homily for May 28, 2016. Saturday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time.)


Bible Study:  Jude 1, 20 to 25 and Mark 11, 27 to 33.


One way the devil tries to prevent us from realizing our maximum potentials as Christians is by making us belief we are not good enough or that we do not have the authority to let our light shine. This is what I call spiritual intimidation. In a world where people are not afraid of referring to themselves as “baddest guy”, in a world where people take pride in displaying their indecency and evil tendency, you find Christians hiding their goodness or simply trying to blend in at all costs.

In our Gospel passage this morning, some people in an attempt to stop Jesus from his ministry of salvation came to ask him who gave him the authority to do what he was doing. In other words, they wanted to know where he got the audacity to be a light to the world. We need to really understand what is going on here. By asking for the authority behind the actions of Jesus, they were indirectly saying, they do not believe that Jesus is God.

If only they knew that Jesus is God, they would know that God does not authority from anyone else. Very often, when God puts an idea in us, we act like these chief priests and scribes, we begin to question whether or not we have the authority to put it into action and too often we end up talking to people who will just kill the idea completely in us.

Dear friends, we do not need people’s approval to allow God act through us. We virtue of our baptism, we are priests, that is, we are kings, prophets and teachers. We already have all the authority we need to spread the word of God both by our words and by our good deeds.

According to St. Jude in our first reading, any attempt to get every single person on our side is useless. Whether we like it or not, some persons will never believe in our spiritual authority and they will do everything possible to stop us. So St. Jude says, “try to convince some from their doubts, save some from the path leading to hell, but for some others, just have mercy on them with fear, run away from them, don’t even touch the cloth they are wearing.” Yes, even Jesus selected the men whom he kept company with. There are some persons who do not deserve to be close friends with you lest they succeed in putting out the light of God in you.

Let us pray:
Lord Jesus, help me to live and move in my authority as a child of God and give me wisdom to know what to say to my accusers and those who try to intimidate me. Amen.


Good morning. Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you. 

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