Listen to the homily here.
Notes:
Notes:
This week we had 17 students and 4 adults: priest, faith
formation, teacher and nurse—awesome!
This was my favorite moment
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Before the Basilica, we passed a person that was
hungry with a cardboard question to eat
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Several of our high school students passed me
two small bags of snacks and I gave it to him
·
He quickly opened to eat
·
While this was a simple gift, it was a huge
opportunity
This weekend I would like to share our readings about greed
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Colossians: “Put to death, then, the parts
of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the
greed that is idolatry.”
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Luke: “Take care to guard against all
greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
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St. Paul wrote in 1
Timothy 6:10: “For the love of money is the root of all evils…”
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Bring that verse to
prayer
Greed
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1.) I love
following Matthew Kelly—the many books and CDs we have given out for us to
learn our Catholic faith, becoming “The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic”,
“Rediscover Jesus” and “Beautiful Mercy”
o
I remember a CD when he said:
§ He has traveled around the
world and has listened to stories of each sins: lust, pride, gossiping,
etc. He said that he never
listened to the sin of greed.
§ That hit me in the face
·
2.) Know that this is not “poor” or
“rich”. This is the level we must
give away.
o
I have met poor people
that are greedy
o
I have met rich people
that are generous
o
It is not number of
dollars or possessions
o
It is giving what we
have away
As
brothers and sisters that live in the richest country in the world
·
Walk step by step to discern the money you do have…your
possessions…your budget
These
students shared an awesome way to give away…what can you give away can cut out
greediness!
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