{"id":29759,"date":"2024-08-25T20:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/?p=29759"},"modified":"2024-08-25T20:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:51:00","slug":"choosing-today-at-the-beginning-of-the-new-academic-year-whom-were-going-to-serve-21st-sunday-b-august-25-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/choosing-today-at-the-beginning-of-the-new-academic-year-whom-were-going-to-serve-21st-sunday-b-august-25-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Today, At the Beginning of the New Academic Year, Whom We&#8217;re Going to Serve, 21st Sunday (B), August 25, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fr. Roger J. Landry<br \/>\nColumbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame Church, Manhattan<br \/>\n21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B<br \/>\nAugust 25, 2024<br \/>\nJos 24:1-2.15-18, Ps 34, Eph 5:21-32, Jn 6:60-69<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>To listen to an audio recording of the homily, please click below: <\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-29759-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The main points of the homily are able to be found <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/choosing-to-serve-the-eucharistic-lord-jesus-21st-sunday-b-august-24-2024\/\">here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The readings for today\u2019s Mass were:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wr-block b-verse bg-white padding-bottom-m\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"p-wrap col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2 col-xxl-6 offset-xxl-3 \">\n<div class=\"innerblock\">\n<div class=\"content-header\">\n<h3 class=\"name\">Reading 1<\/h3>\n<div class=\"address\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/joshua\/24?1\">Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body\">Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem,<br \/>\nsummoning their elders, their leaders,<br \/>\ntheir judges, and their officers.<br \/>\nWhen they stood in ranks before God,<br \/>\nJoshua addressed all the people:<br \/>\n\u201cIf it does not please you to serve the LORD,<br \/>\ndecide today whom you will serve,<br \/>\nthe gods your fathers served beyond the River<br \/>\nor the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are now dwelling.<br \/>\nAs for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the people answered,<br \/>\n\u201cFar be it from us to forsake the LORD<br \/>\nfor the service of other gods.<br \/>\nFor it was the LORD, our God,<br \/>\nwho brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt,<br \/>\nout of a state of slavery.<br \/>\nHe performed those great miracles before our very eyes<br \/>\nand protected us along our entire journey<br \/>\nand among the peoples through whom we passed.<br \/>\nTherefore we also will serve the LORD, for he is our God.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wr-block b-verse bg-white padding-bottom-m\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"p-wrap col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2 col-xxl-6 offset-xxl-3 \">\n<div class=\"innerblock\">\n<div class=\"content-header\">\n<h3 class=\"name\">Responsorial Psalm<\/h3>\n<div class=\"address\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/34?2\">Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body\">R. (9a) <strong>Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.<\/strong><br \/>\nI will bless the LORD at all times;<br \/>\nhis praise shall be ever in my mouth.<br \/>\nLet my soul glory in the LORD;<br \/>\nthe lowly will hear me and be glad.<br \/>\nR. <strong>Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.<br \/>\n<\/strong>The LORD has eyes for the just,<br \/>\nand ears for their cry.<br \/>\nThe LORD confronts the evildoers,<br \/>\nto destroy remembrance of them from the earth.<br \/>\nR. <strong>Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the just cry out, the LORD hears them,<br \/>\nand from all their distress he rescues them.<br \/>\nThe LORD is close to the brokenhearted;<br \/>\nand those who are crushed in spirit he saves.<br \/>\nR. <strong>Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Many are the troubles of the just one,<br \/>\nbut out of them all the LORD delivers him;<br \/>\nhe watches over all his bones;<br \/>\nnot one of them shall be broken.<br \/>\nR. <strong>Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wr-block b-verse bg-white padding-bottom-m\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"p-wrap col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2 col-xxl-6 offset-xxl-3 \">\n<div class=\"innerblock\">\n<div class=\"content-header\">\n<h3 class=\"name\">Reading 2<\/h3>\n<div class=\"address\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/ephesians\/5?21\">Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body\">Brothers and sisters:<br \/>\nBe subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.<br \/>\nWives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.<br \/>\nFor the husband is head of his wife<br \/>\njust as Christ is head of the church,<br \/>\nhe himself the savior of the body.<br \/>\nAs the church is subordinate to Christ,<br \/>\nso wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.<br \/>\nHusbands, love your wives,<br \/>\neven as Christ loved the church<br \/>\nand handed himself over for her to sanctify her,<br \/>\ncleansing her by the bath of water with the word,<br \/>\nthat he might present to himself the church in splendor,<br \/>\nwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing,<br \/>\nthat she might be holy and without blemish.<br \/>\nSo also husbands should love their wives as their own bodies.<br \/>\nHe who loves his wife loves himself.<br \/>\nFor no one hates his own flesh<br \/>\nbut rather nourishes and cherishes it,<br \/>\neven as Christ does the church,<br \/>\nbecause we are members of his body.<br \/>\n<em>For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother<br \/>\nand be joined to his wife,<br \/>\nand the two shall become one flesh.<\/em><br \/>\nThis is a great mystery,<br \/>\nbut I speak in reference to Christ and the church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wr-block b-verse bg-white padding-bottom-m\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"p-wrap col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2 col-xxl-6 offset-xxl-3 \">\n<div class=\"innerblock\">\n<div class=\"content-header\">\n<h3 class=\"name\">Alleluia<\/h3>\n<div class=\"address\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/6?63\">Jn 6:63c, 68c<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body\">R.<strong> Alleluia, alleluia.<\/strong><br \/>\nYour words, Lord, are Spirit and life;<br \/>\nyou have the words of everlasting life.<br \/>\nR. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wr-block b-verse bg-white padding-bottom-m\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"p-wrap col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 col-xl-8 offset-xl-2 col-xxl-6 offset-xxl-3 \">\n<div class=\"innerblock\">\n<div class=\"content-header\">\n<h3 class=\"name\">Gospel<\/h3>\n<div class=\"address\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/6?60\">Jn 6:60-69<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body\">Many of Jesus\u2019 disciples who were listening said,<br \/>\n\u201cThis saying is hard; who can accept it?\u201d<br \/>\nSince Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this,<br \/>\nhe said to them, \u201cDoes this shock you?<br \/>\nWhat if you were to see the Son of Man ascending<br \/>\nto where he was before?<br \/>\nIt is the spirit that gives life,<br \/>\nwhile the flesh is of no avail.<br \/>\nThe words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.<br \/>\nBut there are some of you who do not believe.\u201d<br \/>\nJesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe<br \/>\nand the one who would betray him.<br \/>\nAnd he said,<br \/>\n\u201cFor this reason I have told you that no one can come to me<br \/>\nunless it is granted him by my Father.\u201dAs a result of this,<br \/>\nmany of his disciples returned to their former way of life<br \/>\nand no longer accompanied him.<br \/>\nJesus then said to the Twelve, \u201cDo you also want to leave?\u201d<br \/>\nSimon Peter answered him, \u201cMaster, to whom shall we go?<br \/>\nYou have the words of eternal life.<br \/>\nWe have come to believe<br \/>\nand are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Corpus.Christie.3.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29753\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Corpus.Christie.3.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Corpus.Christie.3.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Corpus.Christie.3.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Corpus.Christie.3.png?resize=214%2C214&amp;ssl=1 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7731\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-29759-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/?powerpress_pinw=29759-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8.25.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. 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