ANIMALS SHOW US HOW TO INCREASE OUR FAITH
SAINT FRANCIS DAY CELEBRATION Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time October 06, 2019 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Rev. David Justin Lynch Habakkuk 1:2-3;2:2-4 | Psalm 95:1-2;6-9 2 Timothy 1:6-8;13-14 | Luke 17-5-10 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. We live in an absolutely crazy world. People are fighting wars in Yemen, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Others are engaging in street violence, like that happening in Hong Kong. Here in the United States, we witness vandalism to places of worship, mass shootings, urban social unrest, corruption in government, severe inequality of wealth and income, abuse of power, invidious discrimination based on immutable characteristics, and one person assaulting another driven by hatred of their ethnicity and/or religion. All of that not only tries our patience but tries our faith in both God and our fellow humans. Based on fear of harm, the response of many is