The Path of God’s Commandment-HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 17th WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 3RD AUGUST 2023
The Path of God’s Commandment-HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 17th WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 3RD AUGUST 2023 Exodus 40:16-21.34-38; Ps.84; Matthew 13:47-53 The Path of God’s Commandment In the first reading of today, Moses constructed and erected the tabernacle according to God’s specifications. Thereafter the two tables of the covenant were placed in the tabernacle; and it became for the Israelites, God’s very presence amongst them. it is interesting to note that the first thing the tabernacle did for them was to direct their movement as they journeyed on in the wilderness: “throughout their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would go onward; but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not go onward…” Just as the Israelites journeyed in the wilderness towards the Promised Land, so do we journey in this world as pilgrims towards the Promised Paradise. Like the Israelites, we need the commandments to guide us on our way. It is a journey of...