Homily for Thursday
Week 16 of Ordinary Time
July 24, 2025
Ex 19: 1-2, 9-11, 16-20
Matt 13: 10-17
Christian Brothers, St. Joseph’s Residence, N.R.
Moses on Mt. Sinai (Gustave Dore')
When the Lord
speaks to Israel in the desert, it’s with thunder and lightning, clouds and
trumpet blasts—not only with solemnity but with an element of terror. God’s approach is literally terrific,
terrifying. Who wouldn’t tremble? Only Moses can come close, and only he can
act as mediator.
What a contrast
with Jesus! God comes to us now “meek
and humble of heart” (Matt 11:29). The
crowds come to him, eager to hear him speak to them of God, to bring God down
to them. They don’t understand
everything he teaches; not even his closest disciples do. But they are blessed to have God among them,
approachable and revealing “the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven” (13:11),
even the mystery of the heavenly Father.
The awesome God of
Sinai has come among us, wants us close to him, wants us to enter the mystery
of his life. He remains with us in his
Word, which we can ponder endlessly, seeking to understand. He remains with us in his sacraments, which
bind us ever more closely to him.
Blessed are our ears that hear Jesus, our eyes that see him. Blessed are we whom he loves so deeply, whose
company he desires.
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