The Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time [C]
Amos 6:1,4-7 + 1 Timothy 6:11-16 + Luke 16:19-31
September 25, 2016
“When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.”
Brothers and sisters spend a fair amount of their childhood trying to be different from one other: to distinguish themselves. Knowing this, my own parents gave the same middle initial to all five of their children. In fact, they gave the same middle name to both their daughters: Marie; and the same middle name to each of their three sons: Michael.
In religion class when I was a boy, whenever we were asked to study one of our patron saints, I always chose my first name. Maybe I didn’t want to learn about the patron saint that I shared with my brothers. Not until I was older did I become grateful to my parents for giving me St. Michael the Archangel as one of my patron saints. Continue reading