Here is the homily I gave for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This is the first in the series, "Anything But Ordinary." Jesus becomes a social influencer in His time by calling disciples to Himself. Although He is a Rabbi, His ministry was anything but ordinary. Rather than use gossip, calumny, and detraction as His tools, He used Love. Unlike other teachers of His time, He treated every human person with dignity and respect.