HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 33RD WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II/the cleansing of the temple
Homily for Friday of the 33rd week in the ordinary time, year II Revelation 10:8-11; Luke 19:45-48 The first reading tells us that St. John went to the angel and told him to give him the little scroll. But the angel told him, "Take it and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach but sweet as honey in your mouth" (Rev 10:9). It is obvious that the scroll was requested by St. John and the angel directed him to take and eat. This means that the Revelation of God is not forced upon anyone. One can only freely and willingly take it upon oneself. To eat the scroll means to assimilate, to digest, to make the scroll part and parcel of oneself. In the same manner, we too are to assimilate, digest and make the Revelation of God part and parcel of our Christian existence. Beloved in Christ, the word of God is food for our spiritual hunger. It can be sweet as honey in the mouth but bitter in the stomach. It is sweet because it discloses God's infinite love and promises future blesse...