Homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinal Time, September 12th, 2021
About 15 years ago, a poll was taken to find out what Americans thought of the idea of removing from our currency the words: “In God we trust.” Back then, almost 17 million people responded and 89% were opposed to the removal of those words. Is that how people still feel nowadays? Perhaps it isn’t so, especially if we are keenly aware of what is going on with American politics vis-à-vis a reflection on today’s readings. I am sure that we are all for keeping the words “In God we trust” on our currency; however, the existential question is: Are we ready and willi