January 1, 2020
Blessing on you this Christmas season!
As is my custom, for the week between Christmas and New Years Day, I will be re-posting the Top 6 posts of the past year. Today I offer the top post of 2019, a homily posted on June 30, 2019 entitled Beware That You Are Not Consumed by One Another…
I am not a political person and I don’t like confrontation. I am particularly uncomfortable when it comes to calling people out on their behaviors. That being said, in preparing for my homily, I felt like I needed to address the recent firestorm enveloping our Catholic high schools.
I sent a text to Fr. Jim early in the week. I told him what I was thinking about and asked for his input on whether or not I should go there.
To be honest, I was hoping he would tell me to stay away from it. I was hoping he would tell me not to go there. The circumstances make me uncomfortable and I wanted to use Fr. Jim as my excuse to avoid talking about it.
No such luck. He told me it was important to go there. Continue reading