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Homily for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at St Agnes Church, Agnes Waters, Qld.
"The Lord is a judge who is no respecter of personages... he listens to the plea of the injured party... the orphan’s supplication... the widow as she pours out her story. The man who with his whole heart serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds...." (cf. Eccl 35).
"The Lord heard the cry of the poor." (cf. Ps 34).
"The first time I had to present my defence, there was not a single witness to support me. Every one of them deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it. But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion’s mouth." (cf. 2 Tm 4).
"Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else: ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like the rest of mankind, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get.” The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.” This man, I tell you, went home again at rights with God; the other did not. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted.’..." (cf. 18:9-14).
Artwork: "The Pharisee and The Tax Collector" by Master Freser (c. 1688).
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By Ashwin Emmanuel AcharyaHomily for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at St Agnes Church, Agnes Waters, Qld.
"The Lord is a judge who is no respecter of personages... he listens to the plea of the injured party... the orphan’s supplication... the widow as she pours out her story. The man who with his whole heart serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds...." (cf. Eccl 35).
"The Lord heard the cry of the poor." (cf. Ps 34).
"The first time I had to present my defence, there was not a single witness to support me. Every one of them deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it. But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion’s mouth." (cf. 2 Tm 4).
"Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else: ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like the rest of mankind, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get.” The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.” This man, I tell you, went home again at rights with God; the other did not. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted.’..." (cf. 18:9-14).
Artwork: "The Pharisee and The Tax Collector" by Master Freser (c. 1688).