08/16/20 Great Faith

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

Ascension

Jesus, Father, Schmitz, Fr, Newman, Bible, Mike, Homily, Year, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Catholic, Umd, Father Mike Schmitz, Homilies, Fathermike, Sunday, Bible In A Year

5 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Faith can only become great when it is tested.

What kind of faith do you want? Faith that makes a difference because it is lived out is the only kind of faith that matters.

Mass Readings from August 16, 2020:
Isaiah 56:1, 6-7
Psalms 67:2-3, 5-6, 8
Romans 11:13-15, 29-32

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	So, one of the things I think, basically everybody you ever talked to about this gospel today,
0:06.7	is like, wow, what's up with Jesus right now?
0:10.2	Because it seems like, at first glance, that Jesus is a jerky-maked jerk face.
0:15.2	He is not.
0:16.2	I just want to get that out of the way right away.
0:17.4	That Jesus is not...
0:20.4	He's not being rude to this woman.
0:21.7	Because let's go...
0:22.7	Like, we're diving right in right away.
0:23.7	We're not.
0:24.7	So, like, here's the pun story.
0:25.7	No, we're going to the gospel right now.
0:28.2	And like, let's get a little picture of this woman at this point.
0:31.5	Now, context matters.
0:33.1	So, where they're at, they're in...
0:35.9	They're not in Israel.
0:36.9	They are in the region of Tyrant, and Sidon, whether or not Jews around.
0:41.0	And this woman is Canaanite.
0:42.0	So, she's not just a non-Jews, not just a Gentile.
0:44.7	She's also, basically, the oldest enemy, part of the oldest enemies of Israel.
0:51.0	And not only that, but at that time, Jesus, the Canaanites were known for their immorality.
0:55.4	So, they were like, abbroken people, right?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ascension, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Ascension and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.