ATTITUDE TOWARDS RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE (HOMILY OF THE 13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEARC JUNE 2022
ATTITUDE TOWARDS RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE (HOMILY OF THE 13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEARC Good morning dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, today is the 13th Sunday in the ordinary time year c. The Gospel reading began by telling us of the true determination of Jesus to enter Jerusalem against all odds. We are told that “when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Lk 9:51). Jesus had prior knowledge of what awaited him at Jerusalem; his passion, death and resurrection (Mk 10:34). Yet this did not dissuade him from having his heart set upon Jerusalem, toward the accomplishment of his mission. Beloved in Christ, we must not also be deterred nor discouraged by the challenges, obstacles and difficulties we encounter in our primal disposition to do good. Let us remember that a crown cannot be won without undergoing deprivation: 'no cross, no crown'. The Gospel accentuates the religious tension that exists between the Samaritans and the J...