The Gift of God is God Himself(REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 21ST OCTOBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 21ST OCTOBER 2023 Rom.4:13, 16-18; Ps.105; Luke 12:8-12 The Gift of God is God Himself Faith is a supernatural gift of God, and so, whatever is received through faith is also a gift. In today’s first reading, St. Paul tells us that the promise to Abraham that he will inherit the earth came to him through faith as against through the law. This does not mean that obedience to the law is unnecessary but that it is not our effort in obeying the law that wins us salvation but God’s grace that is bequeathed to those who believe. The promise made to Abraham reaches us too through faith which makes us children of Abraham. By law, we would have only merited this promise if we are the biological descendants of Abraham. Thus, we must be thankful to God because the graces we receive are freely given. When the responsorial psalm tells us that the Lord remembers his covenant forever, God is saying that his graces will forever remain fr...