NO EVIL GOES UNSEEN AND UNPUNISHED (HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 11WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 14th June 2022)
NO EVIL GOES UNSEEN AND UNPUNISHED HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (14th June 2022) Ikings 21:17-19; Mt 5:43-45 Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, we are told that after having killed Naboth, king Ahab went ahead and took possession of the vineyard. Thus, the anger of the Lord God blazed upon the household of King Ahab. Elijah was sent by God to King Ahab and Jezebel, to pronounce the punishment for the atrocious deeds they committed. “Thus says the Lord: In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, dogs will also lick up your own blood”, “and of Jezebel, the Lord said, the dogs shall eat Jezebel within the bounds of Jezreel” and of “the household of Ahab, God said, 'i will bring disaster upon you; I will consume you and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in israel” (1kings 21:17-29). Friends in Christ, this punishment finally came to past, for we are told that King Ahab founght against the king of Aram, and was struck by an arrow ...