{"id":1189,"date":"2013-09-15T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2013-09-15T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T16:04:36","slug":"24th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-c-homily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/24th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-c-homily\/","title":{"rendered":"24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Homily"},"content":{"rendered":"

24th<\/sup> Sunday in Ordinary Time<\/a>
\nExodus 32:7-11, 13-14
\n1 Timothy 1:12-17
\nLuke 15:1-32
\nSeptember 15, 2013<\/p>\n

The Israelites had become \u201cdepraved.\u201d\u00a0 How?\u00a0 Because they had \u2018turned aside from the way God had pointed out to them.\u2019<\/p>\n

Through Moses God had been teaching the people how to act but while Moses was on the mountain with God, the people carved and worshiped a golden calf, thus breaking the command against idolatry.<\/p>\n

God refers to the people as \u201cstiff-necked\u201d.\u00a0 God has been generously in leading the Israelites out of Egypt and feeding them with the manna.\u00a0 Yet, they fail to change their ways.\u00a0 So God prepares to strike them down but relents because of Moses\u2019 intercession.<\/p>\n

In telling the parable of the prodigal son, Jesus teaches us that God does not want to destroy us.\u00a0 God knows we sin but God wants to forgive us.<\/p>\n

Jesus is the ultimate teacher.\u00a0 Jesus teaches us about God\u2019s mercy so we can have hope.\u00a0 Jesus teaches us what the commandments really mean for us like when he tells us that when we hear the commandment to not kill, that we should even be angry with others.\u00a0 Jesus raises the bar but he does so with love and compassion, making sure we know of God\u2019s mercy when we fail.<\/p>\n

Jesus teaches in various ways.\u00a0 Jesus teaches us who he is, in part, by performing miracles, revealing God\u2019s power at work through him.\u00a0 Jesus preaches on what it means to be a disciple.\u00a0 Jesus uses parables to help us see our faith in real life.\u00a0 Jesus teaches us what the commandments really mean for us.<\/p>\n

While Jesus is the ultimate teacher, he knows we will not understand everything he teaches so he sends us the Holy Spirit to bring us gifts of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.<\/p>\n

Jesus is the best teacher but he isn\u2019t our only teacher.\u00a0 Who else do we learn about our faith from?<\/p>\n

Now, when we hear the word \u201cteacher\u201d the first thing that might come to mind is school teachers or religion teachers.\u00a0 However, our first teachers really are our parents.\u00a0 As little children, we learn by example and correction from our parents but our parents\u2019 role in our teaching does not end when we go off to school.\u00a0 The church states clearly that the primary teacher of children is their parents.<\/p>\n

Parents teach by example and by being involved in their children\u2019s education.<\/p>\n

However, parents are not to be the only teachers.\u00a0 We rely on professionally trained teachers to do much of the teaching.\u00a0 I am called to teach in the way I preach, breaking open the scriptures and making them relevant for us today.\u00a0 We have our parish school teachers.\u00a0 We have our parish catechists for our Family Based Religious Ed.\u00a0 We have our sacramental prep coordinator.\u00a0 We have youth group coordinators.\u00a0 We have our Vacation Bible School and Children\u2019s Liturgy of the Word volunteers.\u00a0 Many people are involved in the religious education of our children.\u00a0 We take the responsibility of educating our children very seriously.<\/p>\n

It is important for our children to learn about their faith.\u00a0 In this world, we never learn all there is to know about our faith.\u00a0 While there is no point when we know it all, we do have a sacrament that marks when we come to awareness of faith.\u00a0 It\u2019s the Sacrament of Confirmation.\u00a0 We call it a sacrament of maturity but we don\u2019t mean maturity to say that we know it all.\u00a0 Rather, maturity refers to us as individuals developing a sense of faith for ourselves.<\/p>\n

In November, we will be celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation with the other parishes in our region.\u00a0 We have nineteen youth who are now beginning formal preparation for Confirmation.\u00a0\u00a0 Today we ask them to make a pledge, along with their parents, to commit themselves to the preparation work so now I invite Rich Rasmussen who runs our religious education and sacramental preparation programs to come up as we call our candidates forth.<\/p>\n

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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-32 September 15, 2013 The Israelites had become \u201cdepraved.\u201d\u00a0 How?\u00a0 Because they had \u2018turned aside from the way God had pointed out to them.\u2019 Through Moses God had been teaching the people how to act but while Moses was on the mountain with …<\/p>\n

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