Fr. Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie, MSP - Homily for Tuesday Week 28 Ordinary time - October 13, 2020

TUESDAY 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II Galatians 5:1-6, Luke 11:37-41 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS AN INTERNAL LIFE Human beings generally live an external form of life. We bother so much about what we wear, how we appear to people and what people think or say about us. We are very much concerned about what we portray of ourselves to others. Many of us also carry that attitude into the practice of our faith. We bother so much about the clothes to wear to church on Sunday, the money to use for offertory, the perfume to wear so as to smell good, and so on. Many people have missed going to church because of clothes and shoes. This is the attitude Jesus condemns in the gospel reading of today. Many of the pharisees lived a superficial type of life. They bothered so much about what people think and say about them. They try to impress people and attract attention to themselves instead of God. They wear the best of clothes and openly profess their faith in God, but in their hearts, they are very far from God. Jesus compares such people with those who wash the outside of cups and left the inside dirty. Our physical appearance is useless if our hearts are not clean. This is why St Paul told the Galatians in the first reading of today, that it is not circumcision that will save them, but their faith in God. May God help us to focus more on our internal life. Amen. Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP