MEDITATION/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II 13 JANUARY 2024
MEDITATION/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II 13 JANUARY 2024 1Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a; Ps.21; Mark 2:13-17 God does not give up on anyone A perfect sign of God’s love for man is that he never gives up on anyone. Being love itself, he continues to hope and give everyone the opportunity to belong to him. In today’s gospel, he demonstrated this with Matthew. Matthew was popularly called (and so he was), a tax collector. This nomenclature does not only describe the kind of work he does but also speaks of his moral status as a sinner. Sin was looked at as a communicable disease. Thus, to preserve oneself in holiness, one must keep off from acclaimed sinners. Even though it is true that Matthew was not innocent of the derogatory conception surrounding him, it is also true that such derogatory conception points to the fact that the people have given up on such acclaimed sinners. There is no hope that they could change for the better. It is this general conception...