TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 

READINGS AT MASS

Amos 6:1, 4-7 

Psalm 146

1 Tim 6:11-16

Luke 16:19-31

Theme: OPPORTUNITY AT THE DOORSTEP

Dear friends in Christ, N'wokafu YESU KRISTO... 

God answers our prayers by giving us the opportunity to be, and achieve what we desire. When we pray for courage He gives us the opportunity to be courageous, when we yearn for His mercy He puts us in the position to be merciful first, and when we pray for holiness He gives us the opportunity to live in holiness.

Thus, to every Christian, the opportunity to mature to the likeness of Christ is placed at our doorstep. You do not need to travel or look far to live your Christianity. The test of your righteousness, as demanded from Timothy in the second reading, lies at your door if only you would recognize it. 

The rich man in our Gospel text and the elite complacent in Zion failed to prove their righteousness with all the opportunities presented so close to them in their community and at their doorstep. Like them, we also, every now and then, fail to see or pretend not to see the countless opportunities to practise our faith, hope and love. In our pretense, hypocritical coldness and indifference, we sin against the Lord. 

Beloved, sometimes God's great opportunities are covered in wounds and tarted clothing. We Christians must learn to open the eyes of our hearts to look closely and act as Jesus would.

PRAYER

Lord Jesus Christ, please give us the grace to pursue righteousness by taking advantage of the opportunities you put at our doorsteps. Amen.

May God bless you.

-Rev. Fr. Kenneth Debre

Sunday, September 25, 2022.

Holy Rosary Parish, Hohoe.