Homily for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Release Date: 09/28/2025
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Fear the Name of the Lord.
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You will not be acceptable to God because you are a good person, but because you know you're a sinner in need of God's mercy.
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The corporal works of mercy: To feed the hungry To give water to the thirsty To clothe the naked To shelter the homeless To visit the sick To visit the imprisoned To bury the dead
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My explanation of the parable mostly comes from Kenneth Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels.
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info_outlineThe corporal works of mercy:
To feed the hungry
To give water to the thirsty
To clothe the naked
To shelter the homeless
To visit the sick
To visit the imprisoned
To bury the dead