Deacon Greg's Homily 7-19-15
Homily – July 19, 2015 (The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - B) Readings: Jeremiah 23: 1-6, Ps. 23: 1-3, 3-4, 5, 6; Ephesians 2: 13-18; Mark 6: 30-34 Once upon a time, there were a community of these little creatures that spent their existence clinging to the river grass, near the bottom of this rapidly flowing section of the river. One of the creatures wondered out loud saying to the others, “What would happen if I were to let go?” The wisest of all the creatures overheard the young one and responded. “You would surely be taken by the swift current, and dragged along the river bottom, and eventually dashed upon the rocks!” The younger one replied like young ones are prone to do, “But how do you know?” The other creatures began to recount the various times they witnessed one of their own being swept away along the bottom, and all agreed with the wise leader that letting go was just too scary, and not the best option. But still the young creature wondered. You see, he spent a