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Homily for the Third Sunday In Ordinary Time
(Jan 21, 2007)

   Homily with Phil Avina Witness 5:30, 8 & 10

EJS:
   Paul teaches us that the Body of Christ is one Body with many parts
* This reminds us during this week of prayer for Christian Unity that all Christians are supposed to be united in one Body, because Christ does not have many bodies.

·        It also reminds each of us as individuals that we are not meant to operate totally on our own. The foot needs the hand; the ear needs the eye.  As a member of the Body of Christ, I need the other members of the Church.  Paul says it would be ridiculous to think of the whole body being an eye or a foot. One person cannot be a Body of Christ. There is no such thing as a solitary Christian. We need each other.

Phil:
  In a Small Group
     Take advantage of people who come with different gifts
  Add to the Body
      Each comes with different occupation / experiences to a Small Group

 Your whole gift, so you bring your whole life experience
 It is not just about your triumphs, but also your failures, not just your virtues, but also your sins

    One day a Minister stopped to watch a kid who kept throwing a football up into the air and catching it himself. Each time he caught it, he spiked it like he had made a touchdown.
     When the Minister thought about how many people want to celebrate victory even though they are not part of a team, it reminded him that many Christians want to celebrate the Victory of Christ, without being part of the Body of Christ. 
     I would say that one who wants to play their own Christian game, by their own rules, really is not in the game.  They are looking to have a victory feeling without being willing to pass on their Christianity to connect with a receiver; or they are not willing to become a receiver of what other members and leaders of the church are passing on to them.
      They have their own ball, standing out in the yard, making up their own rules and only catching what they themselves throw.   They are missing out completely on what it means to be a member of Christ’s Team. What it means to be a member of the Body of Christ.