Sunday's Homily Excerpt -

Today, on Saint Andrew’s day, we our journey journey, a journey to Christmas, to Christ. Let us each think about the words of Jesus Christ to each of us, “Follow Me.” To follow means to give up the direction you were taking, to surrender to the lead of another person. When you follow someone, you don’t plan the route, you don’t set the goals. You let go being the leader of your own path and you take direction from someone else. This is what Jesus expected. But He also meant that they would follow His way of living. He was saying, “Do as I do. I know you have had your own way of living, but now I want you to learn to live like I am living. We aren’t going to be rich. We are going to live very simply. We are going to give up unrighteousness and live to please God. We are going to forgive those who hurt us. We are going to serve other people.” “Follow Me,” Jesus said. To do this they had to trust Him, to trust Him with their lives, their families, and their fortunes. But they did follow Him. They did not know where this would lead them. And He did not tell them either. To follow means to take one step at a time, and a lot of times that is as far as you can see. ” Fr. Marc Dunaway, November 30, 2025-