Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Sermon in a Bottle

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - B.  "Be strong, fear not!"

We are all captive to our fears and instincts.  It is a hard-earned lesson to know this, and even harder to do something about it.  Too often "the church" is viewed as a place for people without fears, without troubles.  It's exactly the opposite!  As the saying goes, "The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum of saints."  We bring our fears into the church (both liturgy and community), and learn from one another to trust each other, and the God who is always with us.  As Jesus said, "Fear is useless.  What is needed is trust."

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