Homily for the 20th Sunday
in Ordinary Time, 2022
Jesus promises
in our Gospel today: “From now on a household of five will be divided, three
against two and two against three”
And I think
in our own day, we see that happening at an accelerating pace. The Name of Jesus Christ divides
families. Many of you here have had
children not just leave the Church, but now have a disgust for the name of
Jesus Christ. And some of that, of
course, is due to the behavior of priests, and also the behavior of those professing
to be Catholic.
But also technology
has exploded exponentially, and has provided the Devil access to our children
in countless ways, ways that would have been unimaginable just a few short
years ago.
Jesus
mentions in our Gospel today that He has come to set the Earth on fire. When the fire hits, may we and our children be
like gold that has been tested in fire, may we become even more pure, and avoid
becoming like the chaff in another of Jesus’ parables, where Jesus says the
chaff will be burned up by the fire.
Amen
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