HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II 22nd September 2022
Homily for Sarurday of the 29th week in ordinary time year II 22nd September 2022 In the first reading of today, St. Paul tells us: "Each of us was given grace, according to the measure of Christ's gift" (Eph 4:7). By implication, grace had been outpoured into all Christians immaterial of your status: big or small, humblest Christian or greatest Apostle, either prophets, evangelist, pastors, teachers, etc. No one can claim not to have been imbued by the grace of Christ Jesus. Hence, the need to be useful and functional as a Christian. Obviously, there are diversities of graces given in varied capacities but all for the same purpose and grand unity which Jesus prayed for. St. Paul recommends that we must then grow in the grace of God, and live out this grace given to us by Christ as matured and responsible Christians, ambassadors of Christ. He declares: we must "come to the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full st...