HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME/Jesus, the restorer of man's glory
Homily for Tuesday of the 1st week in the ordinary time Hebrews 2:5-12; Mark 1:21-28 Theme: Jesus, the restorer of man's glory Man, created in God's image and likeness, is undoubtedly, God's real masterpiece, the living synthesis of God's cosmic wonders, the one destined to be the minister of all created things. Blessed with high intellectual capacity, he comprehends and dominates the whole universe. The first reading of today's liturgy, reflecting on the greatness of man, wonders in the words of Psalm 8: "God, what is man that you are mindful of him, mortal man that you care for him? You have made him little less than the angels; you crown him with glory and splendor. You have put him in commands of everything" (Heb 2:6-8). However, man had disfigured himself. Endowed with knowledge, man had invented destruction, and prioritized slavery rather than freedom. Hatred rather than love. Although, he controls the world, he can't control himself. He had b...