24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B.
FIRST READING
Isaiah 50:4c—9a
Isaiah 50:4c—9a
SECOND READING
James 2:14—18
James 2:14—18
GOSPEL
Mark 8:27—35
Mark 8:27—35
THEME: FAITH IS BEYOND THE WORDS OF THE MOUTH.
After looking at some situations in this world I come to say that
faith is the hardest thing one can achieve through an easiest way. What
happened in a certain family made me to understand that faith is the best thing
or treasure one can have.
A family of six, four children. It happened that the first child and
daughter of the family in her final year in the University suffered just a
little headache and died. The last child and daughter in the same way died. The
family also endured it as they did in the first one. The first son in his
second year in the University died also. It happened that he was my classmate.
When we were going there for the burial, we were just praying to God to help us
so that we would not bury two persons or even more than. When the body of the
boy return from the mortuary, we divided ourselves into two groups. One should
go and get the casket and the other should go closer to the parents to avoid
stories that touch the heart. To our greatest surprise, it was obvious that
they were consoling some of us. After the mass, as they were appreciating all
that came. The mother said, I know you people are expecting us to kill
ourselves today because of the death of our son, it will not solve the problem,
you are expecting us to cry, it will not solve the problem, people are
expecting us to do one thing or the other, and all of them cannot solve the
problem. It is only faith in God that created us can solve the problem. When
she said this, I asked myself, Tobe Eze, can you have this type of faith? Why
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