SERMON/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 31ST JANUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 31ST JANUARY 2024 2Sam.24:2,9-17; Ps.32; Mark 6:1-6 Be Discipline in order to receive the Lord In the gospel reading, we see that the activities of Jesus in his country and amongst his own people did not go down well with many persons. Before the coming of Christ, they awaited and desired the coming of the Messiah but now the Christ was before them, they were not disciplined enough to remain committed to their desire to experience the Christ. They acknowledge the greatness associated with his ministry but they were distracted with over-familiarity. For reason of this lack of discipline, Jesus could not do much works amongst them. Because they were distracted with over-familiarity, they thought less of Jesus and would have made mockery of whatever good works he would have done for them. But come to think of it, shouldn’t it have been a cause of great joy for them that it was one of their own that is the Messiah? This teaches u...