Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B Feb 13/14, 2021 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021421.cfm . Happy Valentine’s Weekend / Day, St. Agnes. Or if you prefer, Happy Singles Awareness Day! Also, happy last weekend of the Carnival, Mardi Gras season. I am going to pose two questions to you this evening / morning. They are: What is your definition of the Church? What did Jesus intend the Church to be? You may not have a quick answer for these two questions. I would definitely encourage you to explore them after mass today. You do talk about the homily after mass, right? I sent my high school sophomores out last month to interview five different people in their community, including family and friends, a child, an elder, and a teacher. Some were believers, others nonbelievers. They posed these two questions. Two of the most frequent responses were: the Church is a building or a ...
These posts are the collected homilies of Deacon Ned Berghausen, permanent deacon of the Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, assigned to St. Agnes Catholic Church. The title "Foot Washer" refers to the Last Supper (John 13:1-20) in which Jesus washed the feet of the apostles and challenged them, "“Do you realize what I have done for you? If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow."