Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Whenever there is something of value that we desire, we have to ask these two questions.

Jesus gives the conditions for discipleship. He gives us the very “cost” of being His disciple. The condition is: He must be FIRST. He must be loved before all others.

Mass Readings from September 7, 2025: Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17; Philemon 9-10, 12-17
Luke 14:25-33