SERMON/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT 21ST FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT 21ST FEBRUARY 2024 Jonah 3:1-10; Ps.51; Luke 11:29-32 A movement that is Repentance Repentance necessarily involves a movement towards God. But it is not every movement towards God that is repentance. In the two readings of today, people moved towards God. While that of the first reading was interpretated as repentance, Jesus himself referred to the movement towards him in the gospel reading as something evil. Now, let us evaluate both movements quite closely. In the first reading, the people of Nineveh, who though were materially great, secured and sufficient, learnt through Prophet Jonah that they will be destroyed in forty days’ time on account of their misdeeds that have separated them from God. The message was clear: that the impeding destruction was a result of their sins which has distanced them from the Lord. Invariably, what will save them will be a return to the Lord. But for them to return adequately, they must do the rev...