FRIDAY 17TH WEEK IN
ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
1ST READING: JEREMIAH
26:1-9
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 13:54-58
THEME: SOMETIMES IT PAINS TO BE
HOLY.
It is very difficult for a
righteous one to get his reward here on earth, rather many tribulations. Many
tribulations follow being righteous. We are at home with how people mock those
who try to be holy or live the life of holiness. Holinwaeje, Santanwa egbe, uka
ehihie, uka anyanwutu and many other names.
Jeremiah after saying what the
Lord has directed him to say, they instead of repenting vowed to put him to
death. After the teachings of Jesus in the gospel, instead of them taking it
and changing their ways of life, they started questioning his authority and
threw him out of the city. After Dino Melaye had said the truth of ringing the
bell of justice, instead of taking his words, Buhari and his co-murderers
wanted him dead.
Instead of taking the truth your
parish priest told you, you plan to kill him, seduce him or lure him to bed
just to drag his name on the floor. Instead of taking the good news of the
young seminarian sent to your parish, you start to question his age,
background, class or qualifications and every other things. God is watching us.
Instead of taking the truth told
us in clan, village, community, church and other places we meet, we look for a
way to deal with the person who spoke the truth. For those who stand in the
path of truth and life, the reward of a righteous one on earth is persecutions
and the reward in the after world is eternal salvation, do not relent, it may
pain today but tomorrow will be better. Thanks.
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