SERMON/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY BEFORE EPIPHANY 5TH JANUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY BEFORE EPIPHANY 5TH JANUARY 2024 1John 3:11-21; Ps.100; John 1:43-51 Strive to love more Since this week, the first reading from the first letter of St. John, has continued to teach on love. It makes sense that this theme of love flows immediately with the liturgy of Christmas. In love, God became man in Jesus. In love, God will undergo passion up till death, in Jesus. Therefore, as we celebrate Christmas and pray for a favourable year of 2024, the Word of God is reminding us that without love we can neither truly celebrate Christmas nor win God’s favour in this New Year. St. John was very exact when he noted that we should not be like Cain who could not love because he was of the evil one. Being of the evil one does not mean that the evil one created Cain but that Cain, through lack of love, gave himself over to the evil one. The example of Cain provides us with a litmus test for knowing if we too have sold ourselves to the evil one: are we still loving? On th...