God is most worthy of our trust (HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK OF LENT
Homily for Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent Jer.17:5-10; Ps.1; Luke 16:19-31 Theme: God is most worthy of our trust We live in a world where the quality of life is measured by different standards. One of such standards is the caliber of people one associates with. The assumption is when you associate with people of high pedigree, you are invariably influential. This has contributed to the usual rolling-out of the profile of dignitaries at occasions, to indicate that the one who is celebrating, for whom the dignitaries are present, is of high social class. In the readings of today, the Lord wants us to be very careful when we evaluate the quality of life by such standard. In the first reading, we are discouraged from putting our trust in man. It is not possible and non-encouraging to live life without trusting. Even those who have been betrayed are often advised to try trusting again. So, trusting in man is not the issue here per say. What the Lord discourages is an absolute trust ...