God of Resurrection! (HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE TWENTIETH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (AUGUST 23, 2024)
HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE TWENTIETH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (AUGUST 23, 2024) Ezekiel 37:1-14; Ps.107; Matthew 22:34-40 God of Resurrection! In the first reading of today, God speaking through Ezekiel, offered hope to humanity. This hope transcends what mere mortals can give because it is one that restores from death. Death is a phenomenon that once it occurs, we live our lives bearing its stings. When one loses a love one, for instance, he/she does not live life attempting to bring back the dead to life; rather he/she is forced to learn to live without the physical presence of the loved one. This denotes some sought of helplessness. This helplessness is found in some other aspects of our lives. Some persons are experiencing death in one aspect of their lives or the other. It could be spiritual, psychological, emotional, physiological or otherwise. The common denominator of them all is that there seem to no hope of recovering and becoming whole again. In fact, such persons are le