Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinal Time, October 3rd, 2021
This is a refrain repeated several times in the recitation of Psalm 95: “If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” Today, our Church desires to have us focus on the condition of our heart regarding God’s plan of love and joy for all His children, to see how faithful, loyal and dedicated to it we truly are. From self-appointed luminaries down to common folks, too, many people fail to see the devastating connection between hardness of the heart as cause and the waves of evils assaulting us as consequences that spoil life for so many. Nowhere is th