DAILY- HOMILY

JUNE 3, 2013
MEMORIAL, SAINTS CHARLES LWANGA & COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
MONDAY 9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YR I

Tb 1:1,2; 2:1-9 / Ps 112: 1b-2. 3b-4. 5-6/ Mk 12:1-12

Tobit 1:1,2; 2:1-9
This is the story of Tobit son of Tobiel, son of Ananiel, son of Adonel, son of Gabael of the race of Asiel, of the tribe of Naphtali. In the days of Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, Tobit was deported from Thisbe, which is to the south of Kedesh of Naphtali in Galilee, above Asher. When I returned to my house, my wife Anna and my son Tobias were given back to me. At the feast of Pentecost, the sacred feast of the Seven Weeks, they prepared a good meal for me and I sat down to eat. I saw the many dishes and said to my son: "Go and bring as many as you can find of our relatives who are in need and who remember the Lord. I will wait here for them." When Tobias returned, he said: "Father, one of ours has been strangled and thrown into the public square." Before I ate anything I hurried out and carried this man into the house and waited till sunset to bury him. When I returned home I washed myself and ate my food in sorrow. I remembered the prophecy which Amos uttered against Bethel: "Your feasts will be turned into mourning. All your songs will be turned into lamentations," and I wept. After sunset I went out and, after I had dug a trench, I buried the man. My neighbors mocked me, saying: "He no longer fears to be put to death for doing that; he had to flee but look he is again burying the dead." That same night, after I had buried the body, I returned home. I washed myself and went out into the courtyard to sleep against the wall; my face was uncovered because of the heat.

Mark 12:1-12
Using parables, Jesus went on to say, "A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press and built a watch tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenants and went abroad. In due time he sent a servant to receive from the tenants his share of the fruit. But they seized the servant, struck him and sent him back empty-handed. Again the man sent another servant. They also struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. He sent another and they killed him. In the same way they treated many others: some they beat up and others they killed. One was still left, his beloved son. And so, last of all, he sent him to the tenants, for he said, `They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one another, `This is the one who is to inherit the vineyard. Let's kill him and the property will be ours.' So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." And Jesus added, "Have you not read this text of the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the keystone; this is the Lord's doing, and we marvel at it?" They wanted to arrest him, for they realized that Jesus meant this parable for them, but they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.

REFLECTION
The gospel speaks of the "keystone" or cornerstone. But do we really know the meaning of this?

Most of us live our lives with success and grandeur as our gauge. God doesn't grade us by how much money we have, by how well dressed we are or by what position we hold in our lives. We are judged by our motivations and by our actions. Take St. Therese of Lisieux; her life epitomizes how one can live a life with Jesus as the "rock." To paraphrase, she believed that in everything that we do, we should do it well; offering our actions to the Lord. So if we are to live a life with Jesus as our keystone, we should always be mindful that in all that we do, He should be the beginning, the middle and the end.

Have we strived to keep Jesus as our keystone? Or do we allow our pride to dictate the "why" and "how" of our actions?

PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the unborn.
… for the speedy recovery and healing of
- Elizabeth Lim
- Pilar David, Ditas dela Paz, Toots Monfort, Virginia Hernandez, Mon Torres, and Fleur Torres
… for the personal intentions of Glenn Dale B. Manzon & Julie Manzon
… for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- In Memoriam (+): Ramona Chua Hwan (Nov 2, 1955 - Jun 3, 2005)
- In Memoriam (+): Ma. Estella Layug (Nov 29, 1947 - Jun 3, 2005)
… for families who are in need of healing
… for world peace and reconciliation.

Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers and for those who need our prayers the most.

Have a good day!

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