without Baptism no one can be configured into Christ-Homily for the 11th Sunday in ordinary time JUNE 2023
Homily for the 11th Sunday in ordinary time Ex 19:2-6a; Ps 100; Rom 5:6-11; Mt 9:36-10:8. Beloved friends in the Lord, we are once again assured of God’s love for us. He keeps watch over us and even when we do not know our own needs, He goes ahead of us to set them in place. Many a time, we do not know how much the Lord does for us without our asking yet we struggle to hold on to faith if what we requested is not done according to our desire. The first reading tells us how God reached out to Israel, proposing His love to her. He had delivered Israel from the slavery of Egypt and showed Himself mighty in their sight. But that His plan for the redemption of humanity may be fulfilled, He singled them out among other nations and called them to obedience of His covenant. Only by this shall they be known to be special unto the Lord and be constituted for God into a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Without obedience and faithfulness to our covenant of love with God, we may not enjoy the ...