Fr. John Ehrich Catholic Homilies
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Let’s say you were the author of a story. The characters that you created are vast and intimately known by you, their creator. You decide to give your characters free will because that way, they get to choose themselves rather than be controlled. What are you to do as the author brings their attention to you? Would you enter into their story? Maybe you could enter into that story so that you could communicate directly and say, “ I love you, I have created you from the beginning and I have always been with you.”
It’s an analogy that we can reflect on as a way to potentially see God's perspective. To clarify, God did not create sin, nor evil, but as a consequence of free will allowed the possibility of evils suffering to be apart of our story. This does not mean we are abandoned. The very opposite is true - God takes responsibility for our own sins. The main point of God entering into Hos creation was for Our redemption. The power of evil is therefore gone.
Though we might not feel like evil and suffering has been defeated in our lives, yet the Lord shows us that suffering cannot go un-redeemed. No one can be abandoned. In the most vulnerable way, as a child, God brings back power to his creation. The power of redemption. He did not come as a king and conqueror but as a humble gift of self-offering. How can we not respond with awe and gratitude at this miracle of grace and fidelity?
No Love Without Obedience - 6th Sunday of Easter
Whatever Happens, Stay Connected - 5th Sunday of Easter
What God Is Really Like - 4th Sunday of Easter
Knowing Him is More Important - 3rd Sunday of Easter
How Much Do We Trust Jesus? - 2nd Sunday of Easter
Look to What Is Above - Easter Sunday
This is What Love Looks Like - Good Friday
We Must Take Our Sins Seriously - Palm Sunday
Dying and Rising in All Things - 5th Sunday of Lent
Live Courageously in the Truth - 4th Sunday of Lent
The Right Disposition for Worship - 3rd Sunday of Lent
Transfiguration and Transformation - 2nd Sunday of Lent
Let God Turn Your Weaknesses Into Victories - 1st Sunday of Lent
Let God Do Something Great In You - 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus Will Never Give Up On You - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
On Satan and Demons - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
A Simple Way to Evangelize - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Power of Invitation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Being Light to Others - Epiphany of the Lord
How To Heal the Culture - Holy Family
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