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Sep 2024

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09/22/24 Ordinary Great Things

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Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Not all ambition is bad.

Every good thing that we have in our lives we most likely have because an individual (or group of individuals) wanted to do something great. Jesus warns us of the dangers of wanting to be first. James warns us about selfish ambition. But is every desire to be great or to do great things wrong?

Mass Readings from September 22, 2024:
Wisdom 2:12, 17-20
Psalms 54:3-6 and 8
James 3:16—4:3

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