Do not be a bad influence to others-Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola-Homily for Monday of the 17th week in ordinary time 31st July 2023
Do not be a bad influence to others-Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola-Homily for Monday of the 17th week in ordinary time 31st July 2023 After the successful exodus from Egypt, and having encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai, the mountain of the Lord. The next thing therefore was to seal the relationship God established with the Israelites, hence He summoned Moses to go up the mountain and collect these written guides. Unfortunately, before Moses could return from collecting The Law, the Israelites had already contravened the same Law, by convincing Aaron to mould for them a golden calf to worship as their god, simply because as they said; Moses was “delaying” at Mount Sinai. Aaron, in order not to offend them, obliged and asked the women to submit their jewelries, and they did. From those jewelries, Aaron fashioned for them a golden calf to whom they paid homage and served as their god. Today, we read about the consequence of the actio...