Thou shall not covert thy neighbour’s goods Homily for Tuesday of the 9th week in ordinary time JUNE 2023
HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE I (JUNE 06, 2023) Tobit 2:9-14; Ps.112; Mark 12:13-17 Thou shall not covert thy neighbour’s goods The tenth commandment says: thou shall not covert thy neighbour’s goods. As clear as this commandment is, hunger, in its various forms, continues to constitute a major justification for the disobedience of this commandment. We may have witnessed, watched or read of situations where a person caught stealing, gives the excuse that he/she was pushed into the vice by the pain of hunger or the need to meet one emergency situation or the today. Today, moralists still argue whether such a person is actually justified for stealing or not. However, Tobit shows us the right way to go, in the first reading of today. After doing something noble yesterday, Tobit is unfortunately struck with blindness. A blind man is incapacitated. So, Tobit had to depend on others to care for him. The Tobit who had so much to eat and even to share with the poor...