12 August 2024 - Monday of the 19th week ‘B
Ezekiel 1:2-5. 24-28; Matt 17, 22-27
Homily
Today we begin our lectionary reading from the Book of the prophet Ezekiel. Ezekiel seems to be making an effort to show that the Word of God was addressed to him at a very special time in the history of Israel, and in a very specific place. It was, he says, in the 5th month of the 5th year of the reign of Jehoiachim, in the land of the Chaldeans, near the river Kebar.