SATURDAY 20TH WEEK IN
ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
1ST READING: EZEKIEL
43:1-7A
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 21:1-12
THEME: THE PLACE
OF EXULTATION.
We often as
human beings like the place or places of exultation(s). Where we shall be
recognized. There are two ways to this. Is it worldly recognition or heavenly
recognition? As we can see in many ways of our lives that we majorly do things
because of others. We wear beautiful cloths and many other things because of
others.
A lady bought
new dresses to show off on Sunday. She appeared so beautiful on Sunday. During
offertory, she waited for all to have gone so that all will notice her and her
new dress. As she was moving from the back with her regalia, she missed a step
and fell down at the middle of the church and that disgraced her and all she
was putting on. Sometimes, this is what the devil does to us. He will make us
to always think of worldly things and he will disgrace us at the middle of the
whole show.
The Pharisees
and Sadducees who were doing things for men to recognize them were missing
God’s recognition for men’s recognition has taken upper hand. It is because of
this human recognition that we do all sorts of evil like in the gospel. Because
we want people to call us names we go into one evil thing or society to make
name and firm. After that what next? People lord it over the people under them
in other to make firm which God warned us about it (1Peter 5:3). We do the same this day.
Girls sell their bodies, even women not only girls do the same in order to be
updated or sexiest etc.
God’s
recognition and place of exultation is the best and that is what he showed us
today in the first reading through prophet Ezekiel. Let us work for that God’s
place of honour and we will enjoy it forever. Thanks.
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