Holy Family Catholic Church 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072323.cfm [Modified Gospel Reading: short form with mustard seed parable from long form] Tonight, my St. X High School class of is celebrating our 25 th anniversary of graduation. Many of my classmates are here with their families before heading down to the other end of Poplar Level to celebrate. The Bible is a strange book. It contains a wild patchwork of genres mashed together. Amidst the narratives, poetry, law codes, and myths, is one type of text a reader might not expect to encounter in Holy Scripture: very specific instructions on farming, including rules about what can and can’t be planted together in one field. After reading these instructions, we might think of the Bible as an Old Farmer’s Almanac. Maybe a ‘very old’ and ‘holy’ Farmer’s Almanac for the people of Israel. Jesus’ parables today, then, would be very surprising to his l...
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."