NOT IN MY NAME, BUT IN GOD'S NAME!
15 th Sunday in Ordinary Time B [BREAKING THE BREAD OF GOD’S WORD] July 12, 2015 NOT IN MY NAME, BUT GOD’S Amos is an interesting figure. He was an ordinary laborer, equivalent to a daily wage earner of our times. He was, by any standard, poor. That means no insurance, no savings, no big house, no household appliances to boast of … no nothing. He was not taken seriously by anyone. No … definitely not the powers-that-be who had better things to do than listen to a worthless lout. Definitely, he was most unwelcome, if Amaziah the priest of Bethel was to be followed. Amaziah, who probably thought that Amos was getting a little too preachy about certain things, told him to go and do his preaching elsewhere. “Off with you, visionary, flee to the land of Judah. There earn your bread by prophesying.” NIMOB … not in my own backyard! Mind you, there was not even the word “please” to soften the rude command! But Amos would not be bullied. He knew who he was and what h...