Jesus leads us through turmoil into peace – Heb 12:1-14, Luke 12:49-53

Ordinary Time, Year C, Week 20; WNDU TV Mass (South Bend)

There is a marked home field advantage in the Olympics.  Host nations on average win 20 more medals than they did in the summer games previous to the ones on their soil, and 10 more gold.  You might wonder where this advantage comes from.  Some of it is probably not being wearied by travel, competing in the climate you train in, the kind of advantages that accrue from being at ‘home.’  But, I’m sure a big part of it too is the fans, the people cheering you on.

God gives life to the lost – Luke 12:32-40, Heb 11:8-12

19th Sunday, Ordinary Time, Year C; St. Pius parish (South Bend).

God keeps calling us to be on the move, to be a pilgrim people, to walk away from what binds us, even if it’s temporarily comfortable, and walk into the freedom of self-gift, even though that’s hard, walk to the place where death will give way to life.