SERMON/HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II 29TH JANUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II 29TH JANUARY 2024 2Samuel 15:13-14,30;16:5-13a; Ps.3; Mark 5:1-20 God Saves without weighing the Cost Man is quite selfish, such that in setting priorities, he considers himself first before others. On the other hand, God is love, and so, when God sets priorities, he puts first things first. The gospel reading of today describes an event where the above fact was clearly demonstrated. The healing of the Gerasene Demoniac is contained in the three synoptic gospels. But the account of Mark is more elaborate because he gave a detailed description of the oppression the demoniac had suffered from the hands of the devil. It was so bad that the best help the people could render (to bind him) proved abortive. Obviously, curing him was something they could not do. When we reflect further on how Mark described the man’s suffering, we can imagine that the man’s case attracted all the pity it could get. Jesus came into the scene and ...