5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. By Tobe Eze

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A.

FIRST READING
Isaiah 58:7—10

SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 2:1—5

GOSPEL
Matthew 5:13—16

THEME: CHARITY BRINGS BLESSINGS.

Salt cannot claim that it is sweet without acting on the tongue or been used in cooking or anyplace it works. It is not sweet in the container that is containing it. Light cannot say that it is light when it is not shining. A led torch that the battery is off can see nothing at night, so it is not light unless it is charged. We cannot claim to be salts of the earth without showing how salty we are. We cannot claim that we are the light of the world without shining out the light. Jesus told us today in the Gospel that if salt looses it saltiness it will be trampled upon. If we loose our saltiness there is no other option than to throw us away and trample upon us. If we as a light (led torch) spoils. The next option is to throw us away. We all know salt as a substance that is sweet, but after looking at our lives and behaviours, one will just conclude that we are no more sweet but sour and bitter. Light as we all know dispels darkness but, we are now distributing the darkness which we should dispel. Ndụ anyị bụzị ndụ rụrụ ịnyị. Ọchịchịrị bụ ihe n' apụtazị ihe n' ndụ anyị, ọbụghịzị ihe. The worse is that it is most among Christians. If we cannot trust Christians again, who shall we trust? Ebe ọbụzị ndị ụka n' emebiri anyị ihe, onye ka anyị ga agakwuru? To whom shall we go? We claim that we are the holiest on earth, we claim that we are the best people God created but all sot of evil are found within us. Witches are many in the Church, wizards are many in the church, murderers of all kinds, thieves in its fullness, fornicators, adulterers and every evil in the church. How can we shine to others light while we have all these vices? How can we tell others to come and take opposite of salt in the name of salt. We have lost that salt nature in us. Continue Reading

How can we be that light and salt of the world? It is not by living in adoration grounds, it is not by living in different prayer ministries, it not by going to morning mass, afternoon mass, evening mass everyday and it is not by joining every prayer group in the church or being the head in all the organizations in the church but what you make out of them. As we do all those things, we should bear in mind that, “it is not all who call me Lord, Lord will enter the kingdom (Matthew 7:21)”. It does not end in joining.

Then what shall we do? The first reading has the whole answers we need. “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me. (Matthew 25:40)”. The first reading says “Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; cloth the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say: Here I am! If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; if you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday”. Once we remember the people suffering around us God will not hesitate to bless us. Charity from the heart brings many more blessings to us. We are talking about selfless charity. Some do charity in other to get more than what they put in. Some do for people to praise them. But as you do remember (Matthew 6:2 & 3). So, when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogue and on the streets, to be honoured by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3, But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Givers never lack. Give and you will never lack. AKA GUM IS A SIN. ỌBỤ SITE N' INYE ENYE KA ANYỊ SI ENWETA. ONWEGHI ONYE ỤWA ZURU OKE. It is through giving that we get. We depend on others to survive. ỤWA EZUOKE. ỤWA OTU ONYE KA MMA N' AFỌ. The world of one person is better in the womb. FAITH WITHOUT GOOD WORK IS DEAD IN ITSELF. OKWUKWE N’ ENWEGHI EZI ỌRỤ NWỤRỤ ANWỤ N’ ONWE YA. (James 2:26). CHARITY BRINGS BLESSINGS.  THANKS AND HAPPY SUNDAY

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