HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 23RD WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME
Homily for Monday of the 23rd week in the ordinary time, year II 1 Corinthians 5:1-8; Luke 6:6-11. In the first reading of today, St. Paul chastised the people of Corinth on the need to disassociate themselves from the old yeast of immorality and begin to live a new life in Christ. He reprimanded in the strongest terms, the immoral behaviour that was reported to him. He said, : "I have been told as an u doubted fact that one of you is living with his father's wife. This is a case of sexual immorality among you that must be unparalleled even among the pagans. How can you be so proud of yourselves? You should be in mourning. A man who does a thing like that ought to have been expelled from the community" (1Cor 5: 1-4). St. Paul was embittered because of the audacity with which such an immoral action was being committed. It was as if the person in question was pompous despite his sinful act. One who should be mourning because of his dirty behaviour went about in the Christ...