Homily for the Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time
World Mission Sunday
October 22, 2023
Saint Rita Catholic Church
Fort Worth, Texas
Isaiah 45:1, 4-6
Psalm 96:1, 3, 4-5,7-8, 9-10
First Thessalonians 1:1-5b
Matthew 22:15-21
Pope Francis has set for the theme for this year’s World Mission Sunday, Hearts on Fire, Feet on the Move. Our hearts are on fire with love and our feet move forward with zeal. The grace of our Baptism and full initiation in the life of the Church makes us missionaries who have come to recognize the Lord in the opening of the Word and in the Breaking of the Bread and then we are sent to bring this good news of salvation and mercy to those to whom God sends us. God uses many different means to send us out for His mission.
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