Counting the Cost

HOMILY
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – C – 5 September 2010

Readings: Wis 9:13-18; Ps 90:3-4,5-6,12-13,14-17; Phmn 9b,12-17; Lk 14:25-33


There is a classic story about having faith in God. Many of you may have heard of it, or its various versions, many times.

A man was travelling on a dark unfamiliar road when suddenly he slipped, lost his footing, and found himself falling into