Homily for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
50th Anniversary of Deaf Ministry in the Diocese of Fort Worth
October 2, 2022
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, TX
Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:3-4
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14
Luke 17:5-10
“If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” Amidst being taken captive by the Babylonians, Habakkuk the prophet cries out to God asking why God is allowing this violence and ruin. The vision God sends the prophet is that the faithful and just will live, but God works in His own time and the people must wait for fulfillment of God’s plan. Waiting for its fulfillment means living focused on making God’s love and faithfulness a reality. Jesus brings and is that fulfillment promised to Habakkuk and proclaimed by Paul to Timothy.
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Homily for the Memorial of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face
Blessing of Blessed Imelda Convent
October 1, 2022
Fort Worth, TX
Nehemiah 8:1-6, 8-10
Psalm 19B
Ephesians 2:19-22
John 2:13-22
“Today is holy to the LORD your God. Do not be sad, and do not weep.”
Fifty-seven years ago, Perfectae Caritatis, the Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life of the Second Vatican Council, advocated for “the constant return to the sources of all Christian life and to the original spirit of the institutes and their adaptation to the changed conditions of our time.” In so doing, the Council enumerated five principals for the advancement of the authentic renewal of religious life.
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