Sunday Week 7 Year C

Readings: 1 Sam 26:2-23; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38

Today’s readings are a charter for stupidity and a counsel for failure.

Economics is founded on the belief that value grows by self-interest. Politics is built on the conviction that power must be contained by power and violence met with violence. And the biological science has shown that you just can’t beat tit-for-tat as an evolutionary strategy and way of life. Any population of Jesus-type, turn-the-other-cheek do-gooders will always be overrun by those who get their own back.

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Back in Action

All being well I’ll have a homily to post shortly though I must admit I’m not that happy with it. This will be my first time presiding at Mass in a few weeks of not feeling up to it. I must admit I’m not entirely sure it’s a good idea today either! My brain is still a bit befogged and I’m fretting about whether I’ll remember my words. So time to trust someone else and let him carry the celebration.

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