Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 5, 2025
Frankly, there are times when we get so aggravated with people or saddened by tragedies that we know exactly what we would do if we were God. However, since we are not God, we do not factor in the near-impossibility of reconciling the immense need for healing, for restoration, for giving a second chance, for making things right again—with human freedom. In our desire to play God, we would do away with human freedom to achieve our goal! I mention this because there are pictures which hit us so hard that we either change TV channel, turn to th