8/17/25 Ordinary People

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Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Villains and Heroes are made out of the same stuff.

We are not surrounded by villains and heroes, we are surrounded by ordinary people. And every one of us, by our daily choices, can become a villain or hero.

Mass Readings from August 17, 2025:
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10
Psalm 40:2, 3, 4, 18
Hebrews 12:1-4

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