Homily Notes by Fr. John

"The LORD heard my cry. He drew me out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud of the swamp; he set my feet upon a crag; he made firm my steps." Ps. 40

"The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir. Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father's house. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold." Ps. 45

“Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.” Lk. 12:48.

“Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities!  All things are vanity” Ecc. 1:2.

“[Abraham] begins to see that proper fatherhood must be grounded not on natural love of your own children but on the acquired love of the right and the good.” Kass, Leon R., The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis