Sermon Thoughts 24th Sunday OT C

Sermon Thoughts 24th Sunday OT C
Dear Friends,
Today we have heard all the “heart” of the Gospel of Luke. Namely, the joy of God through repentance of the sinner from the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin.
At first, the parable of the lost sheep: perhaps there was never been such a detailed picture: The shepherd goes after his astrayed and exhausted animal and takes it on his shoulders; a good image for an extraordinary reality which we believe: God brings home the lost!
He takes the initiative, he struggles and cares about every single thing!
In the lost coin, the typical Palestinian relations of that time is presented. The woman is poor; a Greek drachma is about the daily wage.
The house is small, perhaps even without windows, and because of that the woman must light a candle, to search. “And if she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbours and says:
Rejoice with me because I have found the silver coin that I had lost. “
But the image of the lost sheep we are probably the more important.
Here we can recognize ourselves. The parable gives us a happy and encouraging message. It tells us that God loves each and every one of us and it is unconditional. He comes after us when we are lost, he carries us on his shoulders when we are weak and he looks forward to our return to him.

‘Whoever open out, comes home’, this is the title of a pilgrimage book.

So if you want to come home then try to give the start!
Uncertainties and uncertainties have to be faced.

Unfortunately many people are missing these experiences, however.
They think, ‘Yes, I live properly’ and ‘have no need to return home’.
They may have everything for their lives. They may have no financial worries.
But the experience of a path to God and reconciliation are missing a lot. And thus, the experience to return home and to be happy too.
Who are the ‘sinners’ to which I can point the finger?
Whom shall I preach morals?

The story we heard in the Gospel tell us something very sharp:
we are all meant.
– I myself am meant there.
I wish that we come to us first on this knowledge can.
Then we can expect the saving hands of our God. Amen.
– Fr Thomas Kalathil