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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Homily for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 22, 2021
St. Thomas the Apostle Parish
Fort Worth, Texas
Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b
Psalm 34: 2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21
Ephesians 5:21-32
John 6:60-69
Things matter only as long as they matter. A priest-friend of mine recently spoke that line and then told me a story that serves as an illustration of the centrality of Christ in the Eucharist and the other sacraments, a point for our reflection in light of the readings the Church offers us this Sunday.
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