Homily for the 33rd Sunday
in Ordinary Time, Year B, November 13/14 2021
“Those who lead the many to justice
shall be like the stars forever."
we hear
about the end of the world in both our first reading and our Gospel. And we hear that eternal punishment is an
option – we always have the option to ignore God’s proscriptions and teachings
and rules about how we should live our lives,
We can ignore
the operating instructions from the God who made us and knows how we best
operate
we always
have the option to rebel and become, as the Prophet Daniel describes it, an
everlasting horror and disgrace.
But Eternal
bliss is awaiting all who enter Heaven, and that, to me, having had just one
real glimpse of that, inspires me to move forward and to continue to press on. As I have shared many times, in the year
after college, I had an experience that changed me forever where I received
just a momentary glimpse of the bliss that awaits us in Heaven.
Also, a lot
of times, not in the moment but looking back, I can see how the efforts I have
made to cooperate with God’s Amazing Grace have affected my life for better
right now, here on earth.
And so I am striving
for Heaven. And the quote from Daniel
encourages us not just to focus on ourselves getting to Heaven but also, at the
same time, trying to lead others to Heaven as well. Again, it says “those who lead the many to
justice shall be like the stars forever.”
May we first
of all set our heart, mind, body and soul, everything we are and have on
getting into the Heaven, and then begin the work of also trying to lead and
help others get there with us.
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