SERMON/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2024 Deut. 30:15-20; Ps.1; Luke 9:22-25 Do not sit opposite the Truth In today’s first reading, Moses put before the people life and good on the one and, death and evil on the other hand. Thereafter, he advised that the people should choose life and good. Ordinarily, it may seem as if the advice was unnecessary because every sane person will always choose good and life. By nature, man goes for what is best for him. Yet, Moses’ admonition is not out of place because, in as much we ordinarily know how to go for what is best for us, we differently define what actually constitute this goodness. What is good to one may not be good to the other. If we are to understand Moses’ advice on this ground, it would mean that we should individually go for what is good for us. But that was not Moses’ point. Moses first defined the objective goodness that is not dependent on any individual perception or choice. It is this goodness that he adv...