Homily for Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mass for Catholic Charities Fort Worth
August 9, 2023
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Fort Worth, Texas
Numbers 13:1-2, 25-14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35
Psalm 106:4a, 6-7, 13-14, 21-23
Matthew 15:21-28
Our first reading speaks of how the Lord sent representatives from among His chosen people to reconnoiter the Promised Land before they were to begin their moving into their Promised Land. This story from the Book of Numbers offers us three points for our reflection as we ask God’s blessing upon Catholic Charities Fort Worth and its renewed leadership of its mission: Reconnoitering, Hope, and Gratitude.
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