Carmelite homily for Tuesday, January 14, 2020 – Lectionary 306
In today’s Gospel Jesus enters the synagogue and there’s a man there who says, “what are you here for? are you here to destroy us?” And instead of destroying him, Jesus frees him. The question is: why would the man be there in the first place? He wanted to be free! Teresa of Avila says, “May the Lord be praised who freed me from myself.” Oftentimes that’s the demon. The demon is ourselves – our problems, our predispositions – us. Jesus will free us, from us. May the Lord be praised who freed me from myself.