5th Corporal Work of Mercy – Sep 21 – Homily – Fr Terrance
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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Sep 21, 2022, on the 5th corporal work of mercy, visiting the sick.
Corporal works of mercy - Mat 25: 31-46 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25?31
Matt 25: 34-36 For I was sick and you visited me - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25?34
not necessarily to heal but just to give them comfort, show that you care, and so does God
CCC 1500-1501 - Illness helps infirmed people to focus on God and not on themselves - http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c2a5.htm#1500
CCC 1508 http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c2a5.htm#1508
Devil attacked Jesus with temptation at times of suffering
matt 4: 11 - angels came to attend - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4?11
Luke 22: 43 - Agony in the Garden then angel comfort Jesus - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/22?43
We are the angel that Jesus wants to send to bring relief to someone's suffering
St. Andre Bessette - Talk to them and help them and pray for them that they can offer up their surfing and be prepared in case of death
Mentally or emotionally sick also need attention
CCC 1502 - Sickness can be purifying for some souls, reorientate us to God
CCC 1503 - Jesus is the true source of healing
CCC 1505 Jesus makes our sufferings his own - http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c2a5.htm#1505
Isa 53: 4 - it was our pain that he bore, our sufferings he endured. - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/53?4
St Andre - illness can help us do reparation for sins
St Elizabeth Ann Seton -
St Ambrose - greater graces when sick
Visiting nursing homes - Need to prioritize visiting the sick, put people over "getting things done"
Spiritual aspect, the sacrament of anointing
James 5: 14 - Any sick? Summon a priest for anointing - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/james/5?14
CCC 1520 - Give courage to deal with frailty of age - http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c2a5.htm#1520
Help people to get the anointing of the sick
Help people to see the good side of suffering and
John of Avila's call to suffer in sickness is a great calling greater than doing mere work.
Claude La Colombière - Sickness can help us to be detached from things of this world and see the value of the cross of Christ
Mary pray for us!
Ave Maria!
Playlist, Works of Mercy, by Fr. Terrance on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1AVkZz-w8g&list=PLejh_e0-LN4wQxZdmm4kZudGz2tzbteGs
Mass: St. Matthew the Evangelist - Feast
Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/092122.cfm
1st: eph 4:1-7, 11-13
Resp: psa 19:2-5
Gsp: mat 9:9-13
More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=1159
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