28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Anthony Brankin
Gospel: Matt. 22:1-14 The man without a wedding garment
Full homily text: Imagine, if you will, you are living in a Little sea coast village off the west coast of Greece—about five hundred years ago. And it is the early, early morning of October 7th. You get up early to see what you can see. You had heard it was going to happen, but you really didn’t know when and you had no idea what it was going to look like—but you look out the window at the bay and in the mist and early morning fog—you can just about make it out.
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There they are—hundreds and hundreds of galley ships. These are the Muslim Turks coming from the south and they are loaded down with tens of thousands of sailors and soldiers and tens of thousands of slaves to pull the oars. Continue Reading…
