Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori (Bishop and Doctor of the Church-Homily for Tuesday of the 17th week in ordinary time 1st August 2023
Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori (Bishop and Doctor of the Church-Homily for Tuesday of the 17th week in ordinary time Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori (Bishop and Doctor of the Church). Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5b-9,28. Psalm 103:6-7,8-9,10-11,12-13. Matthew 13:36-43. In the first reading, we hear of how intimate the relationship of Moses with God is to the extent that "The Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend" (Exo.33:11). How intimate is our relationship with God? We can only be intimate with God if we commune with Him regularly through prayer supported with righteousness. It is this intimacy that the disciples of Jesus had with him that enabled them to approach him in today's Gospel to explain t...