FR REMI HOMILIES/REFLECTIONS AND SERMONS

HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (ST. BONIFACE ) Tobit 1:3;2:1a-8; Ps.112; Mark 12:1-12 A life of Accountability From the parable Jesus told today, we see that from time immemorial, there were always those who have always lost the sense of responsibility. When irresponsibility is fully blown, those involved will begin to do all within their power to avoid the day of reckoning. A child who takes the academics seriously will not get extraordinarily uncomfortable with the news of examination. In the gospel reading of today, Jesus aimed at telling the Chief Priests and the Scribes and the elders how they have become irresponsible. Their irresponsibility cued from the fact that they were worse than those entrusted to their care. Their laxity was nothing to write home about. They lost the sense of service and acted as though they were masters of themselves. They turned their positions of service into one of absolute authority; truly, no one could question them. Beloved, we ...