SERMON/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY 6TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME CYCLE II 13TH FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY 6TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME CYCLE II 13TH FEBRUARY 2024 James 1:12-18; Ps.94; Mark 8:14-21 Refrain from Adamic Attitude God has not given anyone permission to sin. Under no circumstances is sin permissible or understandably tolerated by God. In the first reading of today, St. James reiterates this fact when he said that God cannot tempt us to sin; that is, God is not to be blamed whenever we sin. St. James begins by saying that the man who endures trial is blessed. This is because it is usually out of inability to endure trials that people resort to blaming God for the temptations they face in life. It has often been argued that since God is the creator of heaven and earth, he created the tree at the middle of the garden. So, he is to be blamed for whatever calamity that befell Adam and Eve for eating of the tree. The basic assumption here is that if God had not created the tree, there would have been no possibility for our first parents to fall away. This argum...