Homily: June 23, 2025, Monday of the Twelfth week in Ordinary time (Measure)

“The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.”

Some of us may feel that most times we give goodness but receive trouble. We give friendship but receive enmity. We give love but receive rejection. Life does not seem fair, does it?

But let’s be honest, sometimes we do receive much better than what we give, even undeserving and unworthy. So, it probably evens out at the end, to our advantage. Especially when we work it out with God.

Our first reading is from Genesis chapter 12, when the story of salvation began. The eleven chapters before this are considered pre-history, there was no revelation from God yet. And then came Abram. He heard a voice, felt it was a divine calling, and he trusted it. It was a call that went beyond his understanding and control, yet he obeyed and followed.

Now named Abraham, he gave his word to trust and obey God, whom he had never known before. What was the measure he received in return?

Nearly 4,000 years later, his story continues to be told and taught, his name is great and known throughout the generations and nations, and his faith has been a blessing to the world. All these are God’s promises to him which have all been fulfilled. This is the measure he received, and it has not finished.

God is never outdone in generosity and grace.

You and I are invited to share in that same faith of trust and obedience as Abraham. To trust, we will win blessings. To obey and we will be promised fulfillment. The measure with which God measures out, in response to the little we give to Him, will never be outweighed.

Today, let us ask for the intercession of Abraham, the father of our faith, so that we too may have unshakable trust in God, that He may use the little we give and turn it into greatness and abundance.

God is good.

Amen.


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