HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME
Homily for Monday of the 5th week in Ordinary time Saint Paul Miki and Companions Genesis 1:1-19; Mark 6: 53-56 *God is the creator of heaven and earth The First reading of today from the book of Genesis gives us a day-to-day narration of the account of creation. Acknowledging indeed that God is the creator of all there is. It says: "In the beginning God created heaven and earth" (Gen 1:1). Obviously, The world did not come into being by accident or chance. It was created and designed by God. Psalm 23:1-2 tells us: "The Lord's is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples. It is he who set it on the seas, and on the water he made it firm". The goodness of creation proceeded from God who is all good. Creation shares in God's goodness. We are told after every day of creation "God saw that it was good...very good" (Gen 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 31) As apparently observed in the sacred scriptures, it is fitting to say that the truth about ...