Clothe yourself with the breastplate of righteousness Homily for Saturday of the 9th week in ordinary time June 2023
HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Tobit 12:1.5-15.20; Tobit 13; Mark 12:38-44 Clothe yourself with the breastplate of righteousness Since this week, the first reading has been from the book of Tobit. The story has been sequential and instructive. Yesterday, we saw light at the end of the tunnel. Today, through divine revelation, everything is making sense. Today’s first reading opened with Tobit asking his son Tobias to see to the wages of the man who went with him (Tobias) to go marry his wife Sarah; unknown to them that it was an angel of God. But one obvious truth here is that Tobit was consistent in being right and just. During his glorious days, he remembered the poor and helped in burying the dead. During his years of predicament, he will not give excuse for stealing. Now that all has been made well for him and his family, he insisted that the labourer must be given his due wage, with some extra. Consistency is an attribute of truth; so we can say t...