Dedication makes the Labourer-Homily for Tuesday of the 14th week in ordinary time 11th July 2023
Homily for Tuesday of the 14th week in ordinary time Genesis 32:23-33; Ps.17; Matthew 9:32-38 Dedication makes the Labourer At the ending part of the gospel reading of today, Jesus asked his disciples to pray to God to send more labourers into his harvest, for the harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few. When we consider the beginning part of the gospel, we come to realize that the “fewness” of the labourers was not in terms of number but in the matter of dedication. So, Jesus was not asking the disciples to pray to God for more labourers (in terms of number) but for God to raise more dedicated men and women who will be labourers in true sense of the word. It therefore means that without dedication, a labourer is no labourer in the sight of God. Applying this principle to the large facet of life, it implies that we are truly what we are only when we are committed to what we are. Our identity is not subsumed in nomenclatures but in our level of commitment to a noble cause. A...