Homily for Tuesday of the 8th week in ordinary time
HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE EIGHT WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE I (MAY 30, 2023) Sirach 35:1-12; Ps.50; Mark 10:28-31 The command to GIVE Last Sunday, we celebrated the giving of the Holy Spirit to man. Yesterday, Jesus, while hanging on the cross, gave us His mother and gave His mother to us. For these past two days, what we have seen is the total self-empting of the Christ to humanity – the fullest expression of love. In Jesus, God gave man everything. The readings of today teach us how well we can reciprocate this uncommon kind gesture of total self-empting; it is by being charitable to others too. Since we have received freely, we must give freely. In the first reading, the author of the book of Sirach talked about different levels of giving. First, he talked about the giving of our obedience and docility to God. This giving is foundational to others forms of giving. God desires that we become holy by keeping his commandments. Without righteousness, whatever we claim to do in God’s na...