Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Come and celebrate!
Boundless generosity
For we wayward fools.

Ex 32:7-11, 13-14 / 1 Tm 1:12-17 / Lk 15:1-32

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

These are probably not the readings we would like to hear this day, but perhaps they are the ones that we need. They set a mirror in front of our souls and dare us to be honest about what we see. Have we been faithful to our Parent and our siblings these past fifteen years, truly faithful? Or have we become a collective version of the Prodigal One, full of arrogant certainty that we know better than the Divine? How has that worked out for us, or for our family? Is it everything we dreamed it would be as we cried ourselves to sleep at the end of that September day? Or have we woken up to find ourselves sitting in the muck like the swine? How can we rise up unless we admit that we have fallen down? Is today the day for truth, or do we need another decade? Yes, it is good news that God is very patient.

Exodus 32:7-14; Psalms 51:3-19; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

God loves losers. They choose a tribe of rebellious malcontents to be his people, select the foremost sinner to be her apostle, and pine obscenely for a handful of lost souls despite a plethora of devoted followers. So why are we so fixated on being winners? Who are we trying to impress? When will we get it through our thick skulls that power, wealth, and fame mean nothing? All our Parent cares about is that we exist. We miserable losers exist. That is enough. Enough for an eternity of love.

Exodus 32:7-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32