The Reign of God-HOMILY FOR THE 14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 2022
HOMILY FOR THE 14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Zechariah 9:9-10; Ps.145; Rom.8:9.11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 _You are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God really dwells in you_ (Rom.8:9) The Reign of God Ordinarily, no one cares for or loves a child more than the parents. That is why a child is always happy to behold the return of the parents even though he or she may have been under the care of another. It is this joy that the liturgy of today calls us to experience because the Lord comes to reign over us. The readings of today talk about the reign of God and the effects of this reign both around and in us. In the first reading, Zechariah asked the people to rejoice because their king is coming. He used the phrase: “your king comes to you”. The one who comes belongs to us. This belongingness is God’s love for us; and so, we rejoice that at last we are in the safest of hands. God does not care for us as his leisure activity but as his primarily responsibility. Ze...