BLESSED THE UNLIKELY
Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch Zephaniah 2:3,3:12-13; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12 A friend once told me how shocked he was when his company promoted the quietest person in the office - no loud confidence, no aggressive self-promotion. When he asked why, the director replied, “Because he listens, he learns, and he carries others along.” That decision puzzled many, but it reveals a truth we often forget: the world’s logic of greatness is not always God’s logic. This is the lesson we find in today’s readings. The First Reading from Zephaniah speaks to a wounded people. Israel has failed, the powerful have corrupted justice, and the nation stands under judgment. Yet, God does not abandon them. Instead, He promises a remnant: “a people humble and lowly, who shall take refuge in the name of the Lord.” God does not begin again with the strong, the loud, or the triumphant. He begins with the humble. Salvation history moves forward not...
