{"id":1239,"date":"2018-07-14T15:01:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T15:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2018-07-14T15:01:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T15:01:49","slug":"homily-week-14-06-yr-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archbishopsylvainlavoie.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/14\/homily-week-14-06-yr-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"HOMILY WEEK 14 06 – Yr II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Healing Journey of Faith<\/em><\/p>\n

(Is 6:1-8; Ps 93; Mt 10:24-33)<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhoever acknowledges me, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

That statement is a clear call to believe in Jesus. The readings add the dimension of forgiveness and healing to that call. Acknowledging Jesus, believing in Jesus entails a healing journey of faith.<\/p>\n

In the first reading, Isaiah has a powerful vision of God in heaven that includes forgiveness and healing. An angel touches his mouth with a life coal taken from the altar of God that blots out his sin and takes away his guilt. That experience gives him the courage to accept the mission God has planned for him.<\/p>\n

In the gospel, Jesus invites us to be his disciples by following him, not trying to be greater than him. That is a call to accept some suffering in our lives, as he accepted to suffer and die for us. We are to follow him through his Paschal Mystery to new life.<\/p>\n

Jesus then adds the dimension of forgiveness and healing to that call, much like the experience of Isaiah. What is in the dark must be brought to the light; what is secret will be proclaimed from the housetops. This is an invitation to us as disciples into a journey of experiencing God\u2019s love as forgiveness and healing. The comment Jesus makes about the value of our souls suggests this is soul work.<\/p>\n

Often, those who come for spiritual direction become aware of some unfinished business in their lives. They slowly realize they are still carrying some anger and resentment towards those who have hurt them in some way, and find they have to learn to forgive these people from the heart. That can be a deep and profound healing.<\/p>\n

They often also come to the realization they are also carrying some guilt and fear around all the people they may have hurt, and find they also have to apologize to those people. In the end, they might ask to celebrate reconciliation, to receive God\u2019s forgiveness for their hurtful actions, but also to receive healing for the painful emotions and negative attitudes that led them to act out in hurtful ways. After a retreat, they often leave with a renewed spirit, empowered to say like, Isaiah, \u201cHere I am, Lord, send me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today the church honors St. Camillus de Lellis, someone who underwent this healing journey of faith himself. Born in Abruzzi in central Italy (1550-1614), Camillus became a Venetian solder like his father. When his father died, Camillus pursued his mania for gambling and lost everything. He ended up working at a Capuchin friary. Because of a diseased leg, he was unable to join that order, but found his vocation in caring for the sick. The conditions in hospitals in the 16th<\/sup>century were horrific and Camillus resolved to establish an order to care for the sick and dying. Ordained, he founded the nursing congregation of the Ministers of the Sick, the Camillians. Despite his own poor health, he served as general of his order, built hospitals and ministered to soldiers on the battlefield. Canonized in 1746, he is patron of nurses and of the sick.<\/p>\n

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St Camillus de Lellis<\/p><\/div>\n

The Eucharist is an act of faith in Jesus as Son of God and Bread of Life. Just by our participation, we experience forgiveness and healing. May our celebration empower us to respond with the zeal of Camillus and the generosity of Isaiah.<\/p>\n

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