Sunday's Homily Excerpt -

It is a scary thing to think about for a moment about the day of judgment. From parable of the indebted servant it seems like we are in danger of owing a great debt to God. He has given us this precious life. He has given us this vast and wonderful world we live in. And yet many of us humans take it all for granted with no awareness that it is all a gift from God. Yesterday when we said the prayers before baptisms we said, “Expel from them every spirit of evil…, the spirit of error.” It is a great error, to imagine that God does not exist. “Expel from them the spirit of idolatry.” Instead of acknowledging and worshipping God, we idolize all kinds of things, statues, money, power, beauty, pleasure, family, heritage, country. “Expel from them the spirit of deceit and every uncleanness.” We human beings frequently lie, maneuver and manipulate people. We do many things that are foul and unclean. It is not unimaginable that on the day of judgment we will stand before God suddenly aware that we are deeply in debt, beyond any way we could ever make it up. The parable tells us that God is merciful and He is willing to forgive us. The reason God wants us to learn to forgive others in this life is because this is the way the He is. God is willing aways to forgive us.” - Fr. Marc Dunaway, August 16, 2026-