Be not a Faultfinder(HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (ST. ANDREW KIM & COMPANIONS) 20TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Be not a Faultfinder(HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (ST. ANDREW KIM & COMPANIONS) 1Tim.3:14-16; Ps.111; Luke 7:31-35 Be not a Faultfinder In today’s gospel, Jesus confronted the unbelief and unreceptive attitude of the people to the gospel under the guise of fault finding. They did not believe in John the Baptist because they thought he was too austere and not fully involved in the activities of men. They presented these complaints as their justification for not believing. When they observed Jesus, they complained that he was eating and mingling with sinners. For this reason, they doubted his authenticity and will not want to believe in him. Beloved, we too fall into this error when we continue to focus our attention only on what our leaders have not done well. A fault finder will always find faults not because faults are actually present but because he or she views life with the lens of fault. Whatever you do not want to do, you will always have excuses to ...