The best homily I ever heard (you'll notice it was some time ago) was about sixty seconds long, the final twenty or so simply being, "...and if Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladin were the only two people on earth [slow turn towards the crucifix], he STILL [emphatic pointing at crucifix] would have gone [emphatic pointing at crucifix] to …
The best homily I ever heard (you'll notice it was some time ago) was about sixty seconds long, the final twenty or so simply being, "...and if Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladin were the only two people on earth [slow turn towards the crucifix], he STILL [emphatic pointing at crucifix] would have gone [emphatic pointing at crucifix] to Calvary. <end of homily>"
It is at times like these, when someone with a great calling yet who has led so many away from Christ, is called home, that I console myself with the fact that both God's mercy and God's justice are perfect. Because it's also true that, in the end, each and every one of us will be grateful for this as well.
The best homily I ever heard (you'll notice it was some time ago) was about sixty seconds long, the final twenty or so simply being, "...and if Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladin were the only two people on earth [slow turn towards the crucifix], he STILL [emphatic pointing at crucifix] would have gone [emphatic pointing at crucifix] to Calvary. <end of homily>"
It is at times like these, when someone with a great calling yet who has led so many away from Christ, is called home, that I console myself with the fact that both God's mercy and God's justice are perfect. Because it's also true that, in the end, each and every one of us will be grateful for this as well.