Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Adrian Farrelly

October 01, 2025 00:01:49
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Adrian Farrelly
Archdiocese of Brisbane
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Adrian Farrelly

Oct 01 2025 | 00:01:49

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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Adrian Farrelly for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025, Year C. "The Lord chose us to complete His work on earth, so we set out each day to do that to the best of our ability."

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1 00:00:00,791 --> 00:00:02,896 I enjoy playing golf. 2 00:00:03,579 --> 00:00:04,962 To improve, 3 00:00:04,962 --> 00:00:06,277 and this is needed, 4 00:00:06,277 --> 00:00:08,240 I need to dress as a golfer, 5 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:09,259 take my clubs 6 00:00:09,259 --> 00:00:11,861 and go to the golf course or the driving range. 7 00:00:12,672 --> 00:00:15,840 I can read books and watch videos about playing golf 8 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,151 but without serious personal involvement 9 00:00:19,151 --> 00:00:21,474 improvement will not happen. 10 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,503 So too with increasing my faith. 11 00:00:25,075 --> 00:00:27,829 I have to think, speak and act 12 00:00:27,829 --> 00:00:29,379 as a person with faith. 13 00:00:30,257 --> 00:00:33,137 Saint Paul says as much to his young friend Timothy, 14 00:00:33,137 --> 00:00:34,644 the leader of a community. 15 00:00:35,492 --> 00:00:39,245 Fan into a flame, he says, the gift that God gave you. 16 00:00:39,557 --> 00:00:42,596 Act with power, love, and self-control. 17 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,453 We, as missionary disciples, 18 00:00:45,453 --> 00:00:48,564 accept that we have Jesus as the Lord of our life. 19 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,293 The risen one calls the shots. 20 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,714 What He says, we do. 21 00:00:54,219 --> 00:00:55,969 We have a servant mentality. 22 00:00:56,795 --> 00:00:59,840 The Lord chose us to complete His work on earth, 23 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:01,899 so we set out each day 24 00:01:01,899 --> 00:01:04,395 to do that to the best of our ability. 25 00:01:05,057 --> 00:01:06,725 We have an open ear 26 00:01:06,725 --> 00:01:09,529 to His speaking and we don’t harden our hearts 27 00:01:09,529 --> 00:01:12,294 and say we don’t have to act, 28 00:01:12,294 --> 00:01:14,635 think or speak like that. 29 00:01:15,602 --> 00:01:18,795 To have a strong and growing trust in God 30 00:01:18,795 --> 00:01:21,381 that is exactly what we have to do. 31 00:01:22,794 --> 00:01:26,542 My day-dreaming about golf is grounded in reality. 32 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,191 So you substitute the activity you wish to grow and develop 33 00:01:31,191 --> 00:01:33,419 then apply those same dynamics 34 00:01:33,419 --> 00:01:36,768 to your faith in God’s abiding love for you 35 00:01:36,768 --> 00:01:38,899 and the world you live in, 36 00:01:38,899 --> 00:01:42,087 and see the impact you have.

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