Gospel Homily for 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Gospel-based homily for this Sunday is entitled The Faith of the Canaanite Woman .
Mahatma Gandhi in his autobiography tells how, during his student days, he read the Gospels and saw in the teachings of Jesus the answer to the major problem facing the people of India, the caste system. Seriously considering to embrace the Christian faith, Gandhi attended church one Sunday morning intending to talk to the minister about the idea. On entering the church, however, the usher refused to give him a seat and told him to go and worship with his own people. Gandhi left the church and never returned. “If Christians have caste differences also,” he said, “I might as well remain a Hindu.” ... Read more .
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posted by fr munachi ezeogu cssp at 7:39 AM
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Sometimes it is easier to accept the Divinty of Jesus, than to accept his humanity. Your homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary time helped me to better understand Jesus the man, who was part of the culture within which he was raised.
If his culture was prejudice against the Cannanite people, it is only reasonable to expect that Jesus too would have those prejudices. Having them though did not mean that he would need to hold onto them throughout his adult life. He was able to let go of bias within the Jewish culture of his time.
Your homily helped me to be more grateful than ever that God decided to become one of us. It makes it so much easier for me to know God when I can see him through the eyes of someone just like me. Jesus the man becomes much more real and easier to love.
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