REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI) 4TH OCTOBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI) 4TH OCTOBER 2023 Neh.2:1-8; Ps.137; Luke 9:57-62 Follow God unreservedly Followership has become a familiar concept in this advanced age of digitalization. People follow various celebrities on different social media handles. To follow someone, in this context, means to be a fan of the person. Followership, therefore avails one the opportunity to be abreast with the doings of the celebrity. But the fact remains that whenever we make the decision to follow anyone, there is always an inherent expectation. We can choose to unfollow a person when this expectation is no longer meant. In our spiritual life, Jesus wants us to follow him, but with the right expectation so that we do not end up unfollowing him when our unguarded expectations are not meant. So, in the gospel reading of today, Jesus tried to clarify the expectation of those who follow him. The first person willingly opted to follow Je...