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Deacon Greg's Homily 11-8-15

Homily – November 8, 2015 (The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - B) Readings: 1 Kings 17: 10-16; Psalm 146: 7-10; Hebrews 9: 24-28; Mark 12: 38-44 You know the cliche, some see the glass half empty, while some see it as half full. In our world today, there are varying opinions and theories, and half baked ideas that revolve around this cliche. The starting premise for every informercial is that your life is empty, so order now. If you’ve ever struggled with some sort of dependency or addiction, you struggle with the notion that you're somehow incomplete without that drink, drug, or no-so-great person in your life. In our own realm of church and religion, we too have the “scribes” who seek the good seats, and the so-called religious people who would have you believe that your life is empty without them. Well the Word today offers us a fun little twist and a response to this ones who want to keep you seeing that glass as almost empty. The harvest is plenty, and much has b