Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
What makes you happy and blessed right now? There are many factors that would make you feel happy and blessed. For example, if you can afford to live a comfortable life and you are not suffering from any sickness you may be are happy already and you may think that you are blessed already.
But are you really happy and blessed because you have a comfortable life and you are not suffering from any sickness? You may say, “Yes” but in deeper retrospection this kind of life that you are having right now is not the be all and end all of life.
Because the be all and end all of life is to live it with God, even if you are not living a comfortable life and even if you are suffering from sickness for as long as you have God you are blessed. Why? Because God is Supreme in this world and God’s supremacy extends beyond this world.
Hence, you are blessed even, if you are poor, even if you are suffering, even if you got sick with covid-19 and even if you are weeping and hurting because God’s love, mercy and protection is with you.
Do you feel blessed by the Lord?
Readings from February 13, 2022:
1st Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8
Responsorial: Psalms: 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6
2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20
Gospel: Luke 6:17, 20-26
