LESSON ON HUMILITY (HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 30TH WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II
Homily for Saturday of the 30th Week in the Ordinary Time Philippians 1:18b-26; Luke 14:1,7-11 It is said that a rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue. The First Reading of today from the Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians. St. Paul begins our First Reading with the need to rejoice. What is the cause of his rejoicing? He tells us in the First Reading: "Christ is proclaimed; and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I shall rejoice" (Phil.1:18). It does not matter who proclaims Christ, the most important thing is for Paul to rejoice once Christ is proclaimed. This too should be a source of rejoicing too for every Christian. Our rejoicing must know no bounds because through the proclamation of Christ in the world we are granted the grace of transformation by which Chris is honoured in our bodies, as we turn away from sin and as such we can declare with St. Paul: "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Phil.1:21). Christ Jesus, the source of our rejoicing te...