Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Matthew Moloney

August 13, 2025 00:01:38
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Matthew Moloney
Archdiocese of Brisbane
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Matthew Moloney

Aug 13 2025 | 00:01:38

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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Matthew Moloney for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025, Year C. "Jesus says, He has come not to bring peace, but division. The division He speaks of is living the message of the dignity of all people."

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1 00:00:00,642 --> 00:00:03,126 In our first reading the prophet Jeremiah 2 00:00:03,126 --> 00:00:06,799 spoke in a land who did not want to hear his words. 3 00:00:07,501 --> 00:00:08,942 They didn’t like what they heard 4 00:00:08,942 --> 00:00:11,587 so they were going to persecute him and kill him. 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,292 Saint Paul speaks to the Hebrew’s and calls for the people to 6 00:00:17,292 --> 00:00:19,501 throw off everything that hinders us, 7 00:00:19,501 --> 00:00:22,694 especially the sin that clings so easily. 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,553 Those who speak for the voiceless 9 00:00:27,553 --> 00:00:31,700 are often ridiculed and misunderstandings and falsehoods 10 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:33,187 are espoused about them. 11 00:00:34,377 --> 00:00:37,439 Fear takes over and becomes the message. 12 00:00:38,910 --> 00:00:42,436 It is those who speak in support of indigenous people 13 00:00:42,436 --> 00:00:45,249 or refugees or asylum seekers 14 00:00:45,249 --> 00:00:48,082 or those fleeing from the ravages of war, 15 00:00:48,082 --> 00:00:50,196 those who are different from me or us. 16 00:00:51,204 --> 00:00:54,320 They are seen as woke lefties or radicals 17 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,645 politically motivated. 18 00:00:57,504 --> 00:01:00,802 Jesus says, He has come not to bring peace, but division. 19 00:01:01,668 --> 00:01:04,072 The division He speaks of is living the message 20 00:01:04,072 --> 00:01:06,720 of the dignity of all people, 21 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,104 especially those who are voiceless 22 00:01:09,104 --> 00:01:10,855 and on the margins in our world. 23 00:01:12,235 --> 00:01:15,520 It is easy to forget that this involves people, 24 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,302 men, women and children, families like our own. 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,268 If we forget that they are people and call them by another name 26 00:01:23,268 --> 00:01:28,558 or do not listen to the real human stories behind the slogans, 27 00:01:28,558 --> 00:01:31,076 Jesus challenges us to think again.

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