Weekday Homilies: 2nd Week of Advent, Monday, 05-12-16

Sunday, December 4, 2016

2nd Week of Advent, Monday, 05-12-16

Isaiah 35:1-10 / Luke 5:17-26

Whenever we say that something is impossible to accomplish, we come to that conclusion because it has not been done before and we also have not done it before.

In other words, it always seems impossible until it is done, and everything is theoretically impossible until it is done.

But since there is no harm in trying out the impossible and with nothing much to lose, then it could be exciting to try to do the impossible.

In the gospel, we heard of a paralyzed man on a bed and his friends trying to bring him before Jesus.

But the crowd made it impossible for them to find a way of getting in. It could also be that the crowd was telling them that it was impossible to get in. The crowd was simply not going to make way for the paralyzed man and his friends.

But that did not stop them from thinking of another way to get to Jesus. So they went up the flat roof and lowered him and his stretcher down throught the tiles right into the middle of the gathering, right in front of Jesus!

And Jesus saw their faith. And so the gospel is telling us this - Without faith, nothing is possible. With faith, nothing is impossible.

When we are faced with a great difficulty and a hopeless situation, the 1st reading tells us this: Courage! Do not be afraid. Look your God is coming, vengeance is coming, the retribution of God; He is coming to save you.

With faith, we will be able to face that great difficulty and overcome a hopeless situation.

The difference between the possible and the impossible lies in the determination of faith, as the paralyzed man and his friends have shown us. Let us be firm in our faith, and God will make things possible.

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
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