← Fr. Michael Sparough Homilies
Homily - 01/21/2023
- Unlock Your Fears
That's the end of this homily.
Jesus is tested by the Pharisees and he restores a man's withered hand on the Sabbath. As Father Michael says, the man could have remained frozen in fear but instead he cooperated with God's grace. What fears are holding us back?
... He said to the man with the withered hand,
"Come up here before us."
Then he said to the Pharisees,
"Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?"
But they remained silent.
Looking around at them with anger
and grieved at their hardness of heart,
Jesus said to the man, "Stretch out your hand."
He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel
with the Herodians against him to put him to death.