St. Matthew Catholic Church

Weekly Message     

Divine Patience and Human Endurance

Dear brothers and sisters,   

      Have you ever prayed, "Lord, why don't You do something?" Why not stop wars, remove evil, or heal every illness? We live in an age of "instant"—instant messages, instant coffee, overnight delivery, yet God's timetable is very different. God is never in a hurry, but He is never late. His timing is guided by wisdom, mercy, and love.

     We are alive today because of God's patience. Think about your own life. How many times have you failed and asked for forgiveness? Yet God has never said, "I've had enough of you." That is divine patience. As Pope Francis reminded us, "God never tires of forgiving us."

     In today's Gospel, the farmer does not pull up the weeds because what looks like a weed today may become healthy wheat tomorrow. That is how God looks at us. Imagine if God had given up on St. Peter after he denied Jesus, on St. Paul when he persecuted Christians, or on St. Augustine during his years away from God. None of them would have become saints. God's patience changed history.

    Every family has both wheat and weeds. Parents worry about children who drift from the faith. Husbands and wives carry old wounds. Siblings become divided. The temptation is to give up. But Jesus tells us: Wait. Pray. God may still be growing wheat where we only see weeds. This is our call to patient endurance.

     We are not alone: the Holy Spirit comes to help us in our weakness, the place where God's grace begins to work. Let us reflect God's patience in our homes, our parish, and our community. May our families become places where God’s patience and our patient endurance is revealed every day!

 Blessings!  

  Msgr. Xavier Pappu                     

Homily 2026: May 23, June 20, June 27, July 4, July 11

                     Insert:  Giving to God/Dar a Dios.pdf

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