MONDAY HOMILY OF 9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B

MONDAY HOMILY OF 9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR  B

HOMILY THEME: BE A GOOD TENANT!

BY: Fr Oselumhense Anetor

(St Charles Lwanga and companions –Holy Martyrs of Uganda)

2 Peter 1:2-7; Psalm 90(91):1-2, 14-16; Mark 12:1-12

Imagine! We live in a world that isn’t ours, with a life that isn’t ours, with a body and soul that aren’t ours, breathing air that isn’t ours, making money that isn’t ours, boasting about gifts that aren’t ours… The list goes on. So what exactly is ours? Everything we have and are belongs to God alone. We cannot continue living as though we owned the world. We are tenants; we’re merely passing through. Jesus particularly cautions the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders today; they were bad tenants. God has planted his vineyard, fenced round it, dug out a trough for the wine press and built a tower. He’s done everything for our good. Why can’t we be good tenants?

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Friends, St Charles Lwangwa and his companions, understood the Christian assignment. As far back as 1885, here in Africa, as many as twenty two innocent persons, some of whom were children, were put to death because they stood up for truth; because they rebuked the King for his debauchery, and for murdering an Anglican missionary. They were killed for praying from a book, and for refusing to allow themselves be ritually sodomised. Beloved in Christ, just like these martyrs, St Peter admonishes us to do our best, making every effort to supplement our faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

Good morning dear. God bless your week ahead. Holy Martyrs of Uganda, pray for us!

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