Homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 18, 2024
Saint Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Proverbs 9:1-6
Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58
The readings that the Church has prepared for our liturgy this Sunday evoke the image of the banquet to which all people are invited to dine but that only those who decide to seek and follow God are able to dine. The Book of Proverbs depicts Wisdom as an elegant woman who has prepared a banquet to which she invites those who lack understanding. They do not yet understand that true wisdom is found only in the search for God. The woman of Proverbs prepares a banquet of wisdom that helps us who dine as her guests to recognize God’s power and to enkindle in us the desire to know Him better.
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