09/22/24 Ordinary Great Things

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 21 September 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Not all ambition is bad.

Every good thing that we have in our lives we most likely have because an individual (or group of individuals) wanted to do something great. Jesus warns us of the dangers of wanting to be first. James warns us about selfish ambition. But is every desire to be great or to do great things wrong?

Mass Readings from September 22, 2024:
Wisdom 2:12, 17-20
Psalms 54:3-6 and 8
James 3:16—4:3

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sunday Homilies with me, Father Mike Schmitz.
0:04.4	I hope today's homily inspires and motivates you,
0:07.4	and I also hope that it leaves you hungry for the one who gave everything to feed you.
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0:28.0	God bless.
0:30.0	The Lord be with you.
0:32.0	A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.
0:35.0	Glory to you, O Lord.
0:37.0	Chapter 9 verses 30 through 37.
0:40.0	Jesus and his disciples left from there,
0:42.0	and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it.
0:46.0	He was teaching his disciples and telling them,
0:49.0	the son of man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him.
0:52.0	And three days after his death, the son of man was left. is to be handed over to men and they will kill him.
0:53.0	And three days after his death, the son of man will rise.
0:56.4	But they did not understand the saying and they were afraid to question him.
1:00.7	They came to Capernum and once inside the house he began to ask them,
1:04.0	what were you arguing about along the way?
1:06.0	But they remained silent.
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