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May our faith subtly germinate in the very smallest of our thoughts, words, and deeds.
Homily for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered (in the morning) in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld.
"How long, O Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen;
to cry ‘Oppression!’ in your ear
and you will not save? Why do you set injustice before me, why do you look on where there is tyranny? Outrage and violence, this is all I see, all is contention, and discord flourishes. Then the Lord answered..." (cf. Hab 1:1-4).
"I am reminding you to fan into a flame the gift that God gave you... not a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power, and love, and self-control; bear the hardships for the sake of the Good News, relying on the power of God. Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. You have been trusted to look after something precious; guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us." (cf. 2 Tim 1:6-14).
"The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you. ‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your meal immediately”? Would he not be more likely to say, “Get my supper laid...”? So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”’ (cf. Lk 17:5-10).
Artwork: "Charity" by Anthony van Dyck, (c. 1627-28).
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By Ashwin Emmanuel AcharyaHomily for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered (in the morning) in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld.
"How long, O Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen;
to cry ‘Oppression!’ in your ear
and you will not save? Why do you set injustice before me, why do you look on where there is tyranny? Outrage and violence, this is all I see, all is contention, and discord flourishes. Then the Lord answered..." (cf. Hab 1:1-4).
"I am reminding you to fan into a flame the gift that God gave you... not a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power, and love, and self-control; bear the hardships for the sake of the Good News, relying on the power of God. Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. You have been trusted to look after something precious; guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us." (cf. 2 Tim 1:6-14).
"The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you. ‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your meal immediately”? Would he not be more likely to say, “Get my supper laid...”? So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”’ (cf. Lk 17:5-10).
Artwork: "Charity" by Anthony van Dyck, (c. 1627-28).