Pseudo-Homilies 19 – a Communion of Love
XIII SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A The first theme of the day is hospitality. This family from the First Reading does everything they can to properly host the prophet Elisha. And Jesus in the Gospel praises, among others, those who “receive a prophet because he is a prophet”. In fact, generosity doesn’t come from letting your heart be touched by the most atrociously desperate stories of the most miserable people. Stories that may manage, thanks to their dramatic nature, to win our consciences, which have become numb as a form of selfish defense: desensitized by a thousand requests, we’re accustomed to move on, unfazed. No, generosity is confident,…
