HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME/The Place of Rest
Homily for Friday of the 1st Week of Ordinary Time Hebrews 4:1-5,11; Mark 2:1-12 Theme: The Place of Rest In the following words, the first reading of today’s liturgy admonishes us as pilgrim on the realization of the place of rest: "While the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it" (Heb.4:1). The place of rest was the place of fulfilment, a realization of God's promises. The people of Israel lost it as a result of disobedience and lack of faith. The place of rest for the people of Israel was for them to enter the promised land of Canaan and this foreshadowed the promise given to us as Christians to enter heaven. There is an analogy between us, Christians in this life and the people of Israel in the desert. While the people of Israel failed to have this rest as a result of lack of faith, we as Christians have the same need for faith, otherwise the same penalty which the people of Israel incurred will be our ...