HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 33RD WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II/the fortitude of the church
Homily for Saturday of the 33rd week in the ordinary time year II Revelation 11:4-12; Luke 20:27-40 The first reading speaks of two olive trees and two lampstands. It reads: "When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, and their dead bodies will lie in the streets...for three and half days" (Rev 11:7-9). "But after the three and half days, the breath of life from God entered them, they stood on their feet,..then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, 'come up here's. And they went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies watched them" ( Rev 11:11-12). The details above are expression of the fortitude of the church as she witnesses victoriously to the kingdom of God here on earth. God is so gracious to the church such that no power in the world or under the world can destroy the church and its members. It is a fulfilment of the prayer of Jesus: ...