REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 30TH OCTOBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 30TH OCTOBER 2023 Rom.8:12-17; Ps.68; Luke 13:10-17 Remain in the “Synagogue” In the gospel reading of today, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. As he was teaching, he noticed the presence of a woman who was suffering from a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. We are not told that this woman walked up to Jesus to explain herself to him; neither are we told that she approached Jesus for healing. She simply came to the synagogue to worship God as is expected of all particularly on the Sabbath. What is striking about this woman is that she could still be law abiding even after suffering for eighteen years. One would have expected the woman to give up observing the law of Sabbath worship. She could have concluded that God is not in the synagogue; she could have given in to pressures to compromise her faith in one way or the other. Yet, this woman continued to observe the law. She still believed that...