Life on the Chrism Trail

Homily for the Vigil of the Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time

September 14, 2024
Society of Former Special Agents of the F.B.I.
Fort Worth, Texas

Isaiah 50:5-9a
Psalm 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
James 2:14-18
Mark 8:27-35

The readings for today’s Liturgy on this twenty fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time direct two clear questions to us. Jesus asks the first question, “Who do you say that I am?” Secondly, paraphrasing the Letter of Saint James, “Is your faith demonstrated in good works, or not?”

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