Homily
for July 15, 2017
You see, even after their father’s
death, the brothers of Joseph were not convinced that Joseph had truly forgiven
them. They felt that Joseph was only waiting for their father to die before he
strikes back at them.
They went again to prostrate before
Joseph. But Joseph said to them: “Fear Not. Am I God? You meant evil against
me, but God meant it for good.” The brothers of Joseph were afraid of Joseph
because they were expecting him to retaliate for the pain they caused him many
years back.
Like these brothers of Joseph, there
are times we still feel guilty even after we have gone for confession. There
are times we feel we haven’t been forgiven by God or that God is punishing us
by allowing bad things come our way. Fear Not.
Coming to our Gospel passage, Jesus
tells us not to be afraid of those who can only kill the body and after words
can do nothing else. We should not fear people because we have God himself as
our security.
God is so close to us that he knows
even the number of hairs on our head. So why should we be afraid of people? Why
should we deny God because we are scared of what people would do to us?
Why should we compromise our faith
because we are trying to please people or make money? Jesus says: “everyone who
acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father in
heaven.”
Do I acknowledge Jesus before the
world? Am I proud of my Christian Faith? Do I act, talk, behave or dress in a
way and manner that clearly shows I belong to Jesus?
Or am I too scared of being laughed
at, ridiculed or excluded from my peers because of my open declaration for
Jesus? Fear Not.
Let
us pray: Lord Jesus, may my every thought, word and deed be a profession of my
faith and devotion to you. Amen.
St.
Bonaventure, Pray for us.
Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith.
It is well with you. God bless you. (Saturday of the 14th week in
Ordinary Time. Bible Study: Genesis
49:29-33, 50:15-26 and Matthew 10:24.)
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