EACH TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS OWN FRUIT (HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 23RD WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME YEAR II (10th September 2022
Homily for Saturday of the 23rd week in the ordinary time year II 10th September 2022 Theme: Each tree is known by its own fruit 1cor 10:14-22; Luke 6:43-49 The first reading of today speaks to us of the spiritual fruitfulness or dividend of the Holy Eucharist as the symbol of unity and communion of the church: the mystical body of our Lord Jesus Christ. St. Paul wrote to the church in Corinth: "The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread" (1cor 10:16-17). Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, our participation in the Holy Eucharist, drinking of the one chalice and eating of the one bread reaffirms our spiritual and mystic bond with Jesus and with one another; that in the midst of all our multiplicity in the church, we are one; Hence, we are brothers and sisters. There are indee...