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Homily for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mt Larcom, Qld.
"What man indeed can know the intentions of God? Who can divine the will of the Lord...?
Who could have learnt it, had you not granted Wisdom and sent your holy spirit from above? Thus have the paths of those on earth been straightened and men been taught what pleases you, and saved, by Wisdom." (cf. Wis 9:13-18).
"In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge." (cf. Ps 90).
"This is Paul writing, an old man now and, what is more, still a prisoner of Christ Jesus. I am appealing to you for a child of mine, whose father I became... if all that we have in common means anything to you, welcome him as you would me." (Phil 9-17).
"Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple; and indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, the onlookers would all start making fun of him and saying, “Here is a man who started to build and was unable to finish.” Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who advanced against him with twenty thousand? If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace. So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.’" (cf. Lk 14:25-33).
Artwork: "Divine Mercy" by Eugene Kazimierowski (1873–1939).
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By Ashwin Emmanuel AcharyaHomily for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mt Larcom, Qld.
"What man indeed can know the intentions of God? Who can divine the will of the Lord...?
Who could have learnt it, had you not granted Wisdom and sent your holy spirit from above? Thus have the paths of those on earth been straightened and men been taught what pleases you, and saved, by Wisdom." (cf. Wis 9:13-18).
"In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge." (cf. Ps 90).
"This is Paul writing, an old man now and, what is more, still a prisoner of Christ Jesus. I am appealing to you for a child of mine, whose father I became... if all that we have in common means anything to you, welcome him as you would me." (Phil 9-17).
"Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple; and indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, the onlookers would all start making fun of him and saying, “Here is a man who started to build and was unable to finish.” Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who advanced against him with twenty thousand? If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace. So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.’" (cf. Lk 14:25-33).
Artwork: "Divine Mercy" by Eugene Kazimierowski (1873–1939).