Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 6, 2025
A thing most of us find annoying is being told to smile and rejoice when we are pensive and worried. Such an invitation is insensitive to our real state of mind and to how we feel. However, it is different with our God! He knitted us in our mother’s womb; he reads every thought crossing our mind and he feels all we treasure in our heart. Therefore, we heed his order: “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her…” Isaiah 66:10) and we listen to Jesus as he tells us: “but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” Luk