Blessings and Responsibility-Homily for Tuesday of the 12th week in ordinary time JUNE 2023
HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Genesis 13:2.5-18; Ps.15; Matthew 7:6.12-14 Blessings and Responsibility From the first reading of today, we learn that it is one thing to be blessed by God and another thing to have the wisdom to handle God’s blessings. Every blessing, answered prayer or miracle comes with some level of responsibilities. Sometimes we are so overwhelmed with joy that we either ignore or do not recognize the responsibility inherent in the source of our joy. Without this responsibility, that which is a blessing, may no longer seem like it in the long run. Abram and Lot where individually blessed by God in cattle, silver, gold, tents and so on. It was clear that the hand of the Lord was on them. But this blessing became a source of strife for the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. Maybe they were quarrelling over grazing space or competing for costumers, or any other thing. Abram was wise enough to notice and admit that this strife can gravitate into a quarr...