Fr. Bob’s homily last Sunday…
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time A
When Ronald Reagan in the eighties used the image of a “shining city on a hill” to describe the United States, it was a point of pride and patriotism. But in the original setting on the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’s “City set on a mountain” that “cannot be hidden” sounds more like a warning. Jesus has shared his truth with his disciples and they know what the kingdom of God consists of. We do too.
We know it is a kingdom of peace. We know we are to lead with mercy. We know that it is a place of compassion. We know it is a kingdom of justice. That is the stuff of the city on the mountain and the whole world knows it. Now it seems that strangely enough, both those who are…
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