From the 6:00pm Mass on Sunday, September 29, 2024, the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak.

My three points:

1. The Cost
2. Giving it All to the Lord
3. Mercy
   • God's almighty power and love is shown "above all by pardoning and showing mercy." (Collect for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Conclusion: Letting the Lord be the Lord:

• Am I striving to bring every aspect of my life under the lordship of Christ? If it's not under His Lordship, it under someone else's (the devil's).

Resources:

• The reflection on the dominion of Sin and Death comes from Fr. John Riccardo's awesome book: Rescued