Persevere in righteousness (HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK OF LENT
Homily for Friday of the 1st week of Lent Ezekiel 18:21-28; Ps.130; Matt.5:20-26 Theme: Persevere in righteousness I once went to administer Holy Communion to a sick woman at home. After attending to her, she asked me to talk to the husband who had stopped going to Church for some years now. When I started taking with the husband, he went into his room to bring his baptismal card, to proof to me that he is a baptized and confirmed Catholic. He further told me how he has worked with many priests that once served in the parish. For him, the much he has done in the past, suffices for the present. I asked him if he could afford to stop eating so that the food he has eaten in the past could sustain him henceforth. He got the message. The point is, sometimes, in our spiritual journey, we are tempted to take a break. We may have been struggling to keep faithful to a spiritual practice or a prayer life, or we may have been struggling to keep away from certain sins. While these struggles contin...