SERMON/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2024 Isaiah 58:1-9a; Ps.51; Luke 9:22-25 Lenten observances and Human relations Both sin and salvation hinge on relationship. While sin disrupts our relationship with both God and our neighbour, salvation seeks to restore the broken relationship. Sin pushes us into a life of isolation – and since man cannot live all by himself, the wages of sin is death. On the hand, salvation aims at bringing us into communal relationship with God and man – and since this was what man was made for, the wages of salvation is eternal life. This paradox should not be understood only in terms of the experience of our first parents; we must discover how it applies to each one of us personally. The readings of today enable us to better understand that our Lenten observances are aimed at bringing about our salvation. What saves us is not the act of fasting, praying and giving alms but how these acts enable us to relate better with God and with one an...