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Homily for the Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time - All In For The Lord

Fr. Brendan McGuire

It is a sense of “all in” that Jesus is talking about in today's gospel. That he wants to set our hearts on fire. He wants us to set our hearts on fire about God and about his message of love for this world. And he says that I wish the whole earth was ablaze with a sense of passion that we could understand what he is trying to say. Now, Jesus is not Pollyanna. He knows that if you do become that on fire for the Lord, it is going to cause division because when you are all that on fire. (Read more…)