Listen to the homily here.
Clergy Conference
· Patristics: Patriarchs for the first seven centuries
· As we learned about what the Eucharist, Christ, culture, Scriptures, were with that optics, that age, within different places without email, phones, or social media
· And the same bishops and priests would preach about the same readings that we listened today
Our Clergy Conference who taught us again, gave us a vital moment in his life as a rector of a seminary
· He was led and taught his seminarians with practicing their homilies using the same readings
· And what was he surprised about? Every homily was different!
· And today, I’ll check in with my brothers what they preached about…and similarly, each is different
If a Bishop, Priest or deacon opens their hearts to the Holy Spirit, they can then proclaim—not their own agenda—but God’s Word…and I hope that I never use my opinion or agenda, but God’s Word
So let’s discern about what pricked my conscience to preach, and hopefully help you
· First, as a priest to preach to you, I must do so to serve you
o My job is not to better than you
o I loved what Jesus told his apostles, “…whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant;whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.”
o So as I try to follow this teaching, do you in your life? Your position? Your leadership? Your job? Your vocation?
· Second, there is one golden thread of how Jesus Christ served us!
o Stop for a moment there…Jesus came to us and served us
§ Washing of the feet
§ Feeding thousands
§ Forgiving, saving, showing miraculous gifts…and all were free
§ And so we should do the same
o “For the Son of Man did not come to be servedbut to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
§ He even gave his life for us
o “If he gives his life as an offering for sin,he shall see his descendants in a long life,
and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him.”
and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him.”
· Third, take some time to learn
o History, morality, Jesus Christ, Saints, sacraments
I hope that this homily could help you to pray, to serve, to learn and to follow with our pilgrimage to heaven to follow our Savior
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