IT IS THE FREEDOM TO LIVE FOR THE LOVE AND SERVICE OF GOD AND OF OTHERS.IT IS LIBERATION FROM MORAL EVIL, FROM THE SLAVERY OF SIN AND OF THE DEVIL. Rather, IT IS THE LIBERATION FROM WHAT ENSLAVENS US AND IMPEDES US TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.This freedom DOES NOT CONSIST in DOING WHAT WE PLEASE or THAT WHICH OUR FLESH DESIRES.LIVING BY THE HOLY SPIRIT (2nd reading: Gal 5:1,13-18) and LIVING THE FREEDOM BOUGHT FOR US BY CHRIST: THE FREEDOM OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD.THEN ELISHA LEFT AND FOLLOWED ELIJAH AS HIS ATTENDANT.”
ELISHA LEFT THE OXEN, RAN AFTER ELIJAH, AND SAID, “PLEASE, LET ME KISS MY FATHER AND MOTHER GOODBYE, AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU.” Elijah answered, ‘Go back! Have I done anything to you?’ Elisha left him, and taking the yoke of oxen, slaughtered them he used the plowing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh, and gave it to his people to eat. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak over him. “The Lord said to Elijah: ‘You shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah,Įlijah set out and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat, as he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen he was following the twelfth. Elisha’s attitude is an exact example of renunciation of one’s interests to follow the divine call. ABANDONING and GIVING UP EVERYTHING for the Lord, as we see in Elisha’s case in the 1 st reading (1Kings 19: 16.19-21).JESUS INVITES US TO FOLLOW HIM AND THIS INVOLVES TREADING ALONG THE PATH OF RENUNCIATION.įollowing Him is much more than a euphoric moment: it is a daily commitment which does not admit concessions.įOLLOWING JESUS, LIVING A CHRISTIAN LIFE AND LIVING CHRIST’S LIFE REQUIRE: (1) ABANDONING and GIVING UP EVERYTHING for the Lord (2) LIVING BY THE HOLY SPIRIT and LIVING THE FREEDOM BOUGHT FOR US BY CHRIST: THE FREEDOM OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD (3) and NOT LOOKING BACK, ONCE ONE HAS EMBARKED ON THE ROAD Homily Reflection 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time CĭIVINE VOCATION AND GENEROUS PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE: these are the two main ideas highlighted by the 13 th Sunday liturgical readings.
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