Sermon for Cycle A – 33rd Sunday Homily: God the Gambler

God is a gambler! He takes risks with me.
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle A
(Prov 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; 1The 5:1-6; Mt 25:14-30)
 Not long ago, I was at HeathrowAirport, London, waiting to be called for boarding.  With all the war against terrorism, air-travelling is becoming increasingly annoying these days.  I had to throw away my cherished bottle of water at the point of security check!  I needed another bottle to survive the long flight.  So I went to buy it from one of those kiosks near the boarding gate.  I picked up a one-litre bottle that was priced at £1.20p (one pound and twenty pence).  When I went to pay at the till, the woman there told me with a smile: “We have a special offer today. If you bought The Times newspaper the water is for free. It costs £1 (one pound)!”  Is it a way of forcing […]

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