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COMMITMENT

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C June 30, 2019 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch I Kings 19:16B;19-21 | Psalm 16:1-2;5;7-11 Galatians 5:1;13-18 | Luke 9:51-62        + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN.        God works, moves, and speaks in myriad and divers ways, too many to count, and in new variations revealed to us every minute. The vastness of God is too complicated for human comprehension. God speaks unexpectedly, often from the mouths of people we least expect. God is ultimately a mystery. About two weeks ago, we heard Deacon Sharon preach about the Trinity. That, too, is a mystery, more than we as humans have the capacity to imagine.         Yet, the same, mysterious, undefinable God asks, and in fact, demands, our faith, that is, total and unquestioned loyalty. We are expected to put God before all else, yet we do not know who God really is. The same can be said for Jesus, Go