WEDNESDAY 19TH WEEK IN
ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
1ST READING: EZEKIEL
9:1-7; 10:18-22
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 18:15-20
THEME: THOSE WHO GATHER IN HIS
NAME WILL BE GIVEN THE MARK.
After seeing all that he saw in
the first reading, it was obvious to him that it is only those who refute evils
that will receive the mark of salvation and those who will receive the mark
will be saved.
In the gospel, at the last
sentence of it, it is stated, where two or more gather in my name, I will be with
them. The church is the community of the people of God and people of God should
be those who refute evil no matter the situation at hand. It is not easy to
refute it but it is not impossible. The words of the last sentence of the
gospel should be our consolation. If we really gather in his name, we shall be
given the mark of salvation.
The problem is
that some of us do not gather in his name rather we gather for something else.
We place Jesus or his church as a refugee camp or even as a secondary saviour.
When we must have given reverence to other gods then we will remember that he
said he will be with us when we gather in his name. uka obuleka Jesu. A woman
who worshiped Ugwube (A Deity) in my place. She got converted, but each time
she is faced with danger she shouts Ugwube, she was asked to be using Jesus
instead of Ugwube. So, when next something happened to her, she shouted Ugwube
obuleka Jesu that is Ugwube! I mean Jesus. She remembers Jesus when she must
have shouted Ugwube. We should not forget his name for what so ever reason. We
should strive to make sure that we do gather in his name in truth so that the
mark that will save us from eternal damnation will be given to us. No one who
has no mark will be saved, we should always work to get the mark. Exodus
account can be an example for us, the departure of the Israelites (Exodus 12:13).
Thanks.
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