For Everything There is a Season

Homily for Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Every year, the Season of Creation invites us to remember something Ecclesiastes says with striking simplicity: “For everything there is a season.” Creation itself moves in rhythms—growth and decay, birth and death, planting and harvest. These rhythms are not random; they are revelations of God’s wisdom woven into the world.

Psalm 144 deepens this truth by reminding us that our lives, like creation, are fragile and fleeting. “Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.” That’s not meant to discourage us. It’s meant to awaken us. If our lives are short, then every season matters. Every moment is a chance to live in harmony with God’s world rather than in conflict with it.

In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus asks His disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter answers correctly—Messiah—but Jesus immediately speaks of suffering, rejection, and resurrection. Why? Because following Christ means entering His pattern: dying to what destroys life and rising to what restores it. That is the heart of the Season of Creation. We let go of habits that harm the earth, and we embrace choices that heal it.

So today, the message is simple and urgent: Honor the season you are in. Let Christ reshape your relationship with creation. Choose actions that help life flourish—because God has made everything beautiful in its time.