25th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092026.cfm How would you feel if a rich and powerful person said these words to you? “My ways are above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.” Two weeks ago, an individual (named Stan Kroenke) bought the Los Angeles Angels, a Major League Baseball team, for $4 billion. This is the man’s sixth pro-sport team. In addition to these teams, he is the largest private landowner in North America, owning 2.7 million acres, and his net worth is $27.6 billion. I can imagine him or others in his orbit saying: “My ways are above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.” And he would be right; I have no idea what his world is like. I cannot justify buying a $100 jersey for my favorite sports team, much less conceive of buying the team itself. In another recent development, some of the wealthiest Americans have been exploiting accounting loopholes that allow them to av...
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."