The Poor: Heaven’s treasure (HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (ST. LAWRENCE - AUGUST 10, 2024)
HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (ST. LAWRENCE - AUGUST 10, 2024) 2Cor.9:6b-10; Ps.112; John 12:24-26 The Poor: Heaven’s treasure One interesting thing about celebrating heroic men and women of the Church is that their lives practically sheds light on the truth of the gospel. Studying the lives of saints is like studying the scripture itself because the saints were imitators of Christ. Today, we celebrate the memorial of St. Lawrence whose life and death has made one of the greatest impression in the life and history of the Church. The unique story associated with him goes thus: He “was a deacon of the Church of Rome who was temporarily in charge of the Church administration. During persecution, the authorities asked him to surrender all the treasures of the Church in three days. For the next three days, St. Lawrence went around gathering the poor supported by the Church. Then he brought them before the authorities and presented them as the “treasure