Homily
for June 27, 2017
Would you dare to be the
last man standing if you have to divide a piece of property between yourself and
your cousin? Especially when it appears your cousin is now choosing the better
part (or the part that appears to be better)?
Would you dare to be the
last man standing when everyone around you is going left and you alone begin to
walk right?
From where do you derive you
sense of worth, is it from what people say or think about you or from what God
knows about you?
Are you like Saul who
disobeyed God’s instruction out of pressure from the people who “advised” him
to keep some of the treasures for himself?
On what do you base your
value system? On what the society regards as okay or on what God says is okay?
Jesus words in today’s
Gospel passage have never been much truer. ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE FOR GATE IS
WIDE AND THE WAY IS EASY, THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION AND THOSE WHO ENTER BY IT
ARE MANY.
If all your friends say
fornication is an act of love and you are the only one saying it is a grave
offence against God, would you dare to be the last man standing?
If all your colleagues at
work devise means of stealing and milking secretly the company’s resources, would
you dare to be the last man standing?
If all the people you know
tell lies at will and you are the one who even has to suffer for saying the
truth, would you dare to be the last man standing?
When Lot moved first, Abram
did not complain. He allowed Lot to choose the part that seemed good in the eye
but it was not until Lot got there that he discovered it was not all that
glitter that is gold. The land looked good but the people there were evil,
immoral and wicked. They had no fear of God.
The choices that seem most
attractive or popular are not always the best. So I ask again, would you dare be
the last man standing?
Let us Pray: Lord Jesus, help
me to choose right, to stand by you even if the world around me is falls to
evil. Amen.
Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith.
It is well with you. God bless you. (Tuesday of the 12th Week
in Ordinary time. Bible Study: Genesis 13:2.5-18 and Matthew 7:6.12-14).
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