Homilies

Focusing on Christ

Fr Edwin · January 3, 2024

A homily on Matthew 11:25-30 ("Come to me, all you who labor and are overburdened, and I will give you rest") and Hebrews 1:3. Fr. Edwin urges the congregation to place their hope in Christ rather than material things amid a "scary" world. He reads Mário de Andrade's poem "My Soul Has a Heart" ("We have two lives... the second begins when you realize you only have one") to illustrate urgency in turning to God. Draws on John 6:35, 8:12, 8:58, 11:25, and 14:6 (Christ as bread of life, light, resurrection, and the way), plus Philippians 1:21 and Galatians 2:20, closing with a call to reject worldly ideologies and stand "pro-life" with Christ.