Judgment

Christ the King

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Originally delivered on November 22, 1987

Readings: Ezekial 34:11-12, 15-17; Corinthians 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25: 31-46

In today’s Gospel, Fr. Healy says that Jesus tells us the bottom line.  That is, we will be judged by how we treated the “least” among us. Do we put things before the needs of our sisters and brothers?  Indeed, we are called to do more for the marginalized, poor, and ostracized. We are all supposed to stand as equals in front of our God.

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16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Originally delivered on July 22, 1990

Readings: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 or 13:24-30

We must resist the temptation to solve complex problems with quick and dramatic solutions.  We, as God’s children, must learn to live in the midst of perceived evils because uprooting the bad is always at the risk of destroying what God alone knows to be good.  Therefore, we must accept what we perceive as evil because we might be wrong. We must nurture, encourage, and courageously sacrificing and allow God to sort things out later.  What we must do then is to call ourselves and others to do good.  Through careful, loving cultivation of each individual, can we deal appropriately with the presence of evil?  Jesus spoke in parables for us to come to a deeper, fuller understanding of the truth. We must trust in God.

 

 

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3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Originally delivered on January 23, 1994

Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20

This week we hear the story of Jonah as an illustration of God’s way of communicating with us and His love and mercy.  Fr. Healy encourages us all to learn from the story of Jonah and be compassionate and understanding of our sisters and brothers, especially those that think and act differently than we do.  We should not judge others believing that we have the real truth.  God did not call us to be each other’s judge.  We are called to be a prophetic people living out the love of God to our sisters and brothers, regardless of their beliefs even about controversial issues, such as abortion, birth control, homosexuality, and the ordination of women priests. Finally, we are reminded that Jesus was never judgmental, but poured out His love for all.

 

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