Self Evaluation-SERMON/HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 11TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Self Evaluation-SERMON/HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 11TH SEPTEMBER 2023 Col.1:24-2:3; Ps.62; Luke 6:6-11 Self Evaluation Back then in primary and secondary, we were always advised not to hate any teacher because if we do, we will not be well disposed to learning from him or her; at the long run, we will be the losers. This candid advice is not only valid within the four walls of the classroom. It is a general principle. We cannot learn from who or what we are not opened to. Since last week, we have seen the Scribes and Pharisees looking for faults to pull Jesus down. Jesus always turns every trap they set for him to an opportunity to teach them. Yet, because their minds were closed, they were not learning. Today again, they watched out to see if Jesus will heal, on a Sabbath, the man whose right hand was withered. Being God, Jesus could read the hearts of men and so he knew that their presence in the synagogue was not to listen and learn from Him but...