Third Sunday of Lent Homily- Year B
Readings:
Ex 20:1-17
1 Cor 1:22-25
Jn 2:13-25
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Gen 9:8-15
l Pet 3:18-22
Mk 1:12-15
Num 6:22-27, Gal 4:4-7 or, Phil 2:5-l l, Lk 2:15-21
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Isa 9:2-7
Titus 2:11-l4
Lk 2:l-l4
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2 Sam 7:1-5, 8-12. 14, 16;
Rom 16: 25-27;
Lk 1: 26-38
Isa 63:16 b-17; 64:1, 3b-8; l
Cor 2:3-9
Mk 13133-37
At times we all find life difficult. We become overburdened with problems and worries. We often use these as an excuse for not turning to Christ. In today’s Gospel Christ tells us to bring all our burdens to him and he will give us comfort, peace, and strength. Let us come to him with love and trust. [Pause]
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INTRODUCTION AND CONFITEOR
Christ likened the Kingdom of God to a tree in the branches of which all the birds of the sky are able to find shelter. Therefore, in a Christian community there should be no strangers, no outsiders, no rejects. Everybody should feel welcome and at home. Christ accepts us, therefore we should accept one another. Let us pause to see if there is anybody we are rejecting. [Pause]
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Christ told his followers that they should not be afraid to declare themselves for him before other people. Are we sometimes afraid to speak and to act in a Christian way? If so, why is this? Is it because we are unwilling to suffer for Christ or is it simply that we are afraid of what others will say? Let us think about this for a moment. [Pause]
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INTRODUCTION AND CONFITEOR
In the Gospel we will read how Jesus looked at the people who had come to him, saw how harassed and miserable they were, and had compassion on them. ‘Sheep without a shepherd’ was how he described their plight.
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Today we have the extraordinary scene of Jesus eating and drinking with sinners and outcasts.
We are gathered around the table of Christ, not because we think we are better or more deserving than others, but because we know we are sinners, sinners who need his healing and forgiveness. [Pause]
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In today’s Gospel Christ says that it is not enough to listen to his words, we have to put them into practice. To put them into practice is to build the house of our lives on a rocklike foundation.
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