MEDITATION/HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 30TH WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II
Homily for Monday in the 30th Week of the Ordinary Time Ephesians 4:32--5:8; Luke 13: 10-17. Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, St. Paul instructs us in the first reading: "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you" (Eph.4:32). These beautiful words of St. Paul evoke the obligation in us to be kind to one another in imitation of God who is always kind to us, notwithstanding our unworthiness born out of our depravities against Him. Friends in Christ, we must with immediate alacrity spurn iniquity, corruption and evil in our association with one another, for it is an unpleasant means of being unkind to each other. Our kindness should be reflective of how we forgive one another for our wrongdoings. It should be modelled after Jesus who in the Gospel of today demonstrated kindness and compassion to a woman who had suffered the spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. In the Gospel reading of today, Jesus on the Sabbath day heal...