Homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 9, 2025
We are swamped with words. Some poisonous like gossip; some devastating like slander; others unsettling like rumors and criticism. Most of them, though, are empty and meaningless, hot air—precisely. How many millions of words have invaded our being this past week? Printed words, broadcast words, casual words from friends and passerby—words, words, and more words. Almost screaming, we take refuge in this church and say: “No more words… I need facts!” However, here we get more words. But we do not mind that, a