Homily for the Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
August 27, 2023
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Isaiah 22:19-23
Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8
Romans 11:33-36
Matthew 16:13-20
In our second reading today, taken from Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Romans – Saint Paul abandons himself to the Mystery of God, whose judgments are inscrutable and whose ways are unsearchable. While Saint Paul is speaking particularly about the question of Israel’s destiny, his point is that only the truly wise and prepared are humble enough to acknowledge that they really do not know – “the when,” “the how,” and “the why” of God’s call to them. Paul faithfully trusts the One whom no one can fully comprehend but who is revealed to us fully in Jesus Christ. Thus should each of us believe that God is upright and will never reject us His People – His Church – even when we cannot grasp the details of the entire picture.
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