How many of us have seen the commercials that begin as seen on television? I absolutely believe those. I cannot watch them without wanting to buy something. Am I the only one? If you’re like me, please raise your hand. Thank you. Thank you. But. But I have something shocking to say. And that is, you know, that pineapple corer.
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Homily – 19th Sunday Ordinary Time
How many in the community this morning play Wordle? How many are Wordle players? Okay, Wordle is phenomenal. You have six tries to guess a 5 or 6 letter word. And it all depends on how you guessed that first word. How many vowels and consonants you get right. So there really is a strategy to this. But you know, it’s not just Wordle.
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It may sound like a truism that in every age in history there are a number of great crises, and in every great crisis, great leaders emerge that capture the imagination of people and lead them out of the crisis. Certainly, the Second World War would be one of those moments of crisis, and certainly for the people of Great Britain.
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Let’s take a little stroll down memory lane. Think back. What is the first time you clearly remember getting into trouble? getting into trouble. Now, there are many reasons why one could get into trouble. I wouldn’t know, I only got in trouble once in all my life. I learned very quickly. But for example, when we got into trouble, did we try to lie our way out of it?
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Have you ever noticed that we as a people tend to think in threes? So if I say to you. Red, blue. Then I hear we have a discussion. Someone says white. Someone says yellow. Where are the yellow people? Primary colors red, blue and yellow. Who says white? Patriotic people. Red, white and blue. So sometimes there is going to be a fourth option.
So let’s try this again. If I say apples, oranges, you say bananas. Who say grapefruit? Bananas. Okay, we’re back to the fourth. One more. I’ve got to be right. At one point, Mo. Larry and. Okay, see, we finally came to three. The threes are very important for us as a people. Think of the number of times that we just think in threes.
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So if I use the expression the GOAT. Does everybody know who the GOAT is? The greatest of all time. Now, I myself have been called the GOAT. But it’s another story. And I’m just guessing Gracie is the GOAT. The G-baby of all time. It sort of goes with it. But the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about the GOAT.
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On this Pentecost Sunday, I’m going to ask you two questions. Well, maybe three, but we’ll see how it goes. Number one, first question. What is the greatest lie that we have been told? Now we’ve been told a lot of lies, and perhaps someone has accused me of stretching the truth a bit. But it’s the truth stretched a bit.
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