Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. “[Jesus] said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.” Over the next several weekends, we will be reading from John Chapter 6, Jesus’ teaching on the Holy Eucharist. Jesus’ teaching is a test: a test of faith. And …
Month: July 2021
Practical Atheism and Reliance on God
Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. In the year 1540, St. Ignatius of Loyola founded a new religious community called The Society of Jesus—or The Jesuits—as we often refer to them today. Like every founder, St. Ignatius laid down certain rules and norms for how his community was to be governed, …
