09/15/24 The Most Important Question

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About this episode

Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Our answer makes a difference.

We are presented today with the single most important question any of us will be asked and all of us will have to answer: who do you say that Jesus is?

Mass Readings from September 15, 2024:
Isaiah 50:5-9
Psalms 116:1-9
James 2:14-18

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