SERMON/MEDITATION FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II MAY 22 2024
SERMON/MEDITATION FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II (MAY 22, 2024) James 4:13-17; Ps.49; Mark 9:38-40 God owns our Tomorrow Today, St. James offers us another practical guide for proper living. It is about remembering that our tomorrow is only possible by the Grace of God. It is normal and expected of humans to make plans for the future. Even a little child prepares to submit the school assignment tomorrow. For grown-ups, we make more concrete plans that aim at ensuring a better future for us. Even when it is challenging to plan for a better tomorrow, we simply hope on God. St. James tells us that in as much as planning is normal, it is utter foolishness to think that our plans can succeed without Divine intervention. When we plan without accommodating God, without recognizing that the dawn of tomorrow and our perception of it depends on God, then we are as good as not planning at all. The point St. James is making here is that no one with God-consciousness, w...