From the 11:30am Mass on Sunday, September 1, 2024, the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak.

Layout of the Homily:

• Introduction: How God works. How the devil works.
• Body:
  1. Justice
  2. The "Cancel Culture"
  3. Jesus Saves, the world does not
• Conclusion: "I do believe, help my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24)

Resources:

• The Catechism of the Catholic Church, glossary definition of "justice"
• Lewis, C.S., That Hideous Strength, pp. 66-70, particularly p. 68
• Sheen, Fulton J., On The Demonic, a quote from p. 75, and another from p. 41