Authenticity Homily for Thursday of the 10th week in ordinary time JUNE 2023
HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 2Cor.3:15-4:1.3-6; Ps.85; Matthew 5:20-26 Authenticity In the gospel reading of today, Jesus invites us to a higher level of spirituality; not like that of the Scribes and the Pharisees. We have often times read of how Jesus reprimanded the Scribes and the Pharisees principally for their hypocrisy. By reprimanding them, Jesus was not condemning them but inviting them to repentance. But the one who tries to put the homes of other in order, should first put his/her own home in order. This is what Jesus set out to do in the gospel of today by specifically warning his disciples not to be hypocritical like the Scribes and the Pharisees. Sycophancy is a sure path to failure; so, if Jesus does not save his disciples from it, his mission will surely fail when comes to rest in their hands. Now, it was very easy for people to attach the sentiments of holiness and good works they had of Jesus to his disciples, since the disciples were always w...