FR REMI HOMILIES/REFLECTIONS AND SERMONS

Homily for Monday of the 25th week in the Ordinary Time Proverbs 3:27-34; Luke 8:16-18. The First Reading today begins from the Book of Proverbs. It begins with our relationship with our neighbours. Do not say to your neighbour, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it" --- when you have it with you (Prov.3:28). The good we can do today should never be postponed till tomorrow because we are not sure of seeing tomorrow. He gives twice who gives quickly. The deferred gift loses its bloom. It is in doing good always that we become a lighted lamp that cannot be covered with a vessel, or put under a bed (cf.Luke 8:16). Jesus categorically tells us in today's Gospel that we are light of the world. Called to be the 'candles in the dark', we are mandated to shine brightly and dispel the darkness caused by human sin and pride. We are the light of the world. We must shine that light always and everywhere. We must be kind to all we come across especially to the needy aro...