A New way of Living Homily for Monday of the 10th week in ordinary time JUNE 2023
HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 2Cor.1:1-7; Ps.34; Matthew 5:1-12 A New way of Living Today’s gospel is the beginning of Jesus’ inaugural sermon. What is Jesus inaugurating? He is inaugurating the kingdom of God. And so, He sets out to outline the principles that govern this new kingdom as against those that govern the world. This beginning of Jesus’ inaugural sermon which is called the beatitudes, attaches blessedness to attitudes that one would have otherwise regarded as cowardice. For example, the world celebrates inordinate acquisition of wealth but Jesus attached blessing to a spirit of detachment. It becomes obvious that a Christian cannot but remain a sign of contradiction to the world. The world does not celebrate mourning, gentility, hunger for justice, mercy, purity, serenity and longsuffering. Jesus exalts these qualities as virtues so that we may find joy in embracing them. By so doing, we will be pointing to the reality of heaven and the transience of t...