8/20/23 More Knowledge or More Courage

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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🗓️ 19 August 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Knowledge without action is useless.

Too often, our problem as followers of Christ is not a lack of knowledge, but a lack of courage. In order for us to live the lives Jesus has made possible by his grace, we do not need to know more. We need to be brave enough to act on what we know.

Mass Readings from August 20, 2023:
Isaiah 56:1, 6-7
Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8
Romans 11:13-15, 29-32

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sunday Homelies with me, Father Mike Schmitz.
0:04.7	I hope today's homelie inspires and motivates you, and I also hope that it leaves you hungry
0:09.5	for the one who gave everything to feed you.
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0:28.4	God bless.
0:30.2	The Lord be with you.
0:31.2	The Lord be with you.
0:32.2	And reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
0:36.4	Chapter 15 verses 21 through 28.
0:39.8	At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon, and behold, the Canaanite
0:44.1	woman of that district that came and called out,
0:46.8	have pity on me, Lord, son of David.
0:49.4	My daughter is tormented by a demon, but Jesus did not say a word in answer to her.
0:55.0	Jesus, the Cyples came and asked him, sent her away for she keeps calling out after us.
0:59.6	He said in reply, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
1:03.7	But the woman came and did Jesus' homage at saying, Lord, help me.
1:07.8	He said in reply, it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.
1:12.8	She said, please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters.
1:18.4	Then Jesus said to her in reply, a woman great is your faith that it be done for you as you wish.
1:25.4	And the woman's daughter was healed from that hour.
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