UH OH!  I’M NOT GOD

INTRODUCTION

The title of my homily is, “Uh Oh! I’m Not God.”

There are times in life when we say that, “Uh oh! I’m not God.”

We make a mistake. Something’s gone wrong. We thought we were in charge, but parents divorce or someone won’t talk to someone. Or worse, someone dies.

“Uh oh! I’m not God.”

ROSARY

  

I like to push using the rosary, not just for Hail Mary’s, but for other prayers as well.

So take your rosary and say 59 times - there are 59 beads on a rosary -
“Uh oh. I’m not God.”

THE READINGS FOR TODAY

In the first reading for today, from the Acts of the Apostles, Paul walks around the city of Athens. He sees all kinds of statues to all kinds of different gods. [Cf. Acts of the Apostles 17: 15, 22 to 18: 1.]

He has met the true God first as a Jew - so when he began to hear about the Christians teaching the Jews that Jesus is Lord and Savior, he got furious and tried to arrest and jail all Christians.

He was there when Stephen was killed for proclaiming Christ as God.

Wow was he surprised on the road to Damascus to discover Christ - in his fullness.

Christ was the unknown God to him - up to that moment.

It took him a while. It took him baby steps. It took him a while to remove his blindness and discover Jesus.

So in Athens when he spotted a statue to “The Unknown God” he saw his chance to tell them about this Unknown God.”

But they dissed him and only a few people heard him out and heard Jesus into their lives.

Today’s gospel  from John’s Gospel, tells us the Spirit of God is coming and he will tell us about all - all that Jesus was trying to tell them. [Cf. John 16: 12-15]

In this homily I’m preaching about who God is - when we say, “Uh oh! I’m not God.”

CONCLUSION

So we have time limits - God doesn’t.

And sometimes it isn’t till we run into - or crash into the reality - that we are not God - that we reach out to Unknown God - and he becomes known to us. Amen.