Weekday Homily ~ Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading for today's Homily

We are told in the first reading today that we are to be 'holy'.  Holy?  Me?  Holy is for the saints, or people who live in monasteries or whatever it might be but Peter says, no, "you are called to be holy".

Some commentators say that we can understand what biblical holiness is if we think of it's opposite which is sinfulness.  We are to reject sin and thus be holy.  We can do it with the help of the grace of God.

Tomorrow we mark the beginning of a season that calls us to be holy.  Perhaps today we can think of how we want to shape our Lenten journey this year.  What is it that we want to add on or take away?

It's a season to be holy.

Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye