Homily for Wednesday of the 34th week in the Ordinary time year II
Homily for Wednesday of the 34th week in the ordinary time, year II Revelation 15:1-4; Luke 21:12-19 In the first reading we have the song of Moses and the Lamb. The song of Moses commemorated the greatest deliverance in the history of God's people. Moses sang the song when the people of Israel had come triumphantly through the perils of the crossing of the Red Sea. Just as Moses had led the Israelites through the Red Sea into the promised land, so Jesus Christ, the lamb come out leads us through death to life. There is a new Passover, a new covenant. The victorious Christians have followed the Lamb across the Red Sea of tribulation into the promised land, heaven. In the song of Moses and the lamb, there is not a single word in it about the victory and achievement of those who followed the lamb. Everything is attributed to God. "Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, king of the Nations (Rev. 15:3). The song is a hymn to the om...