Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Homily for 2 Sep 2015

2 Sep 2015

Chances are, we each have a demon inside of us—some lie that others have told us about ourselves . . . and we grew to believe it.  Or maybe we have a fever, like Simon’s mother-in-law—the burning heat of self-doubt within us; doubt about our own goodness and beauty, a fever we just can’t seem to shake. 

In another Gospel, St John said, “The truth will set you free.”  And that’s what St Luke says, too.  Jesus rips those demons and fevers right out of us if we let him speak “the word of truth” to us: the basic truths that we are good, we are loveable, we are sinners, and we’re loved in spite of our sins and mistakes.  The truth of God’s unconditional love sets us free from self-doubt; he sets us free from believing that lies that others put into our hearts and minds about ourselves.

The love of God opens us up again to see, truly, that there is reason to hope; there is reason to feel joy deep in our soul.  The truth which Jesus speaks sets us free from the lies, the demons, the fevers, and the self-doubt which keep us captives.

Chances are, we each have a demon inside of us that holds us down.  But the love and truth of God is stronger than any lie.

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