The Desire of Our Heart Leads to God Himself – Aug 20 – Homily – Fr Charles
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In his first Sunday homily as a priest, on the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Aug 20, 2023) at New Bedford, Fr. Charles reflects on the truth that our hearts desire the goodness that ultimately leads to God Himself.
Father analyzes the opening prayer of Mass (the Collect), which he paraphrases from the Latin: "O God, pour into our hearts the warmth of Your love so that we may attain Your promises," and explains how this prayer of hope refers to promises of unseen things that God has prepared. Those promises are given in this life in sign and symbol, as in the Sacraments which confer real grace, and which will be given to us in glory in the life to come, if we live as we ought here and now.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday
Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/082023.cfm
1st: isa 56:1, 6-7
Resp: psa 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8
2nd: rom 11:13-15, 29-32
Gsp: mat 15:21-28
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