In this homily, Fr. Stephen Osburn reflects on Christ’s parable of the rich man and Lazarus. He reminds us that we live in a time of abundance, so much so that comfort has become our greatest temptation. When comfort becomes normal, awareness of God fades. We stop seeing the Lazarus at our gate, and we stop realizing how much we depend on Christ.

Fr. Stephen calls us back to the life of the Church: prayer, worship, stewardship, and love for one another. The Church is not one activity among many; it is our true home. He urges us to choose the Kingdom over convenience, Christ over comfort, and community over complacency, because only what is rooted in Christ will last forever.