GOD NEVER ABANDONS HIS FLOCK (Homily for Tuesday of the 16th week in the ordinary time
Homily for Tuesday of the 16th week in the ordinary time. God never abandons his flock: Micha 7: 14-15, 18-20; Matthew 12: 46-50 The first reading speaks of the gracious and intercessory prayer of prophet Micah, seeking the intervention of God (the Shepherd) to attend to the plight of the people, for they are in severe distress. It read, “Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock that belongs to you, which lives alone in a forest amid a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old” (Mic 7:14). Judah was indeed surrounded by arch enemies, who were already in possession of the fertile land around the territory. Consequently, famine was ruining the land and the Prophet sort the intervention of God upon his people. Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, God is indeed the shepherd of the flock. In the book of Ezekiel, he said, “I will search for my sheep, and will seek them out” (Ezek 34:11). In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, “I am the gold Shepherd, an...