If I were to ask you, and I am about to, who has heard of Saint Damien of Molokai? Who has heard of Saint Damien? Raise your hands, please. Damien of Molokai. Okay. Some of you know the great missionary saint of the Hawaiian Islands, who ministered to the lepers, at the lepers and lepers are those members of the community who have Hansen’s disease.
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Homily – 25th Sunday Ordinary Time
We continue with the selections from the gospel of Mark, and one of the things that we note in Mark’s Gospel is that there is always a tension, and it is a tension between Jesus and who he is. And the disciples. You saw that last week when Jesus first announces or shares with them what is going to happen as they continue on the way and ultimately will end in Jerusalem?
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Several months ago, I shared with you my superpower. Who remembers what my superpower is?
Okay. Wow. My superpower is that I can sleep anywhere, at any time. I am a great sleeper. So in light of today’s gospel, I thought I would share my other superpower. And that is, I can pick the wrong line just standing in any department store, supermarket or drug store. I will always be in the wrong line. I’ve even moved from a line that was moving quicker to get into a line that slowed down.
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We listen to the Scripture for this 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, and the scriptures are all very well connected. Today, the first reading from the prophet talks to a people who are in exile, and it speaks to them that God has not forgotten them, but that God will be bringing about a new day for them, and that new day will be signified by the actions of the one who will restore sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and speech to those who are speechless.
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How many of us right now are suffering from seasonal allergies? And some days are worse than other days. Right. So the other day I was on the subway going to the chancellery, and I had to sneeze. That when I sneeze, everybody knows I am one of those very loud sneezes. And this woman looked at me like I had just contaminated the whole train.
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Have we all ever delivered an ultimatum? You know we’re going to draw the line in the sand. Either this or that. Now, in my experience, ultimatums do not work very well. For example, I have a little two year old great niece. Do we have two year olds in our lives? Are we familiar with this concept? Have we ever given a two year old an ultimatum?
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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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