Have a persevering Faith! HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 9TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Have a persevering Faith! HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 9TH SEPTEMBER 2023 Col.1:21-23; Ps.54; Luke 6:1-5 Have a persevering Faith! St. Paul continued his admonition to the Church in Colossian in the first reading. He began by making them understand that they were reconciled to God through the death of Jesus Christ. The death of Christ is salvific, and so, it is able to disassociate one from any sinful or satanic entanglement one may have had due to sin or any form of evil initiation. When we are appropriated with the effect of Christ’s death through baptism, we become holy, blameless and irreproachable before God. It is in the very nature of baptism to wash away original sin and any form of satanic ancestral connection. However, St. Paul went on to teach that the saving effect of baptism remains efficacious in us to the extent that we remain in Christ. Thus, having been brought into the life of Christ, we must keep the light burning brightly in our hearts; we m...