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Fr Hugh’s Homily for 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if anyone hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to them, and will eat with them, and they with me” Jesus says in the book of Revelation. So at the end of the Bible, Jesus is saying to us, if only we open the door to him he will be that close to us, as a family member eating at our table. Why does he want to do that? Is it just to eat, as might be my first thought? In our first reading and gospel this is exactly what happens. Abraham and Martha both eagerly welcome the angels (or angel) and Jesus into their homes. But why have they come. Its not to eat. The angels don’t need to, Jesus might need to but it is not his priority. Both come to do the work of God. To make God and his message known……
Holy Trinity and St George 