To the humble, God is truly revealed (HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (JULY 17 2024)
HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (JULY 17 2024) Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16; Ps. 94; Matthew 11:25-27 To the humble, God is truly revealed In the first reading of today, Assyria is condemned because she trusted in her might and ascribed to herself all that the Lord had done for and through her. She became a god unto herself. By this very fact, she became foolish, for Ps. 14:1 puts it clearly: “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’…”. She was foolish, for although she was great, she forgot that the Lord made her great. Failure to acknowledge the presence and workings of God in our lives will make us think and feel that we can do without Him. In the prayer made by Jesus to his heavenly Father in the gospel, we see that God is attracted towards humility. He is moved when we acknowledge and live by the truth of our dependence on him, for only then can we be prayerful; the proud is never motivated to pray. The image of infants is used to depict the humil