Feb 11 Homily Prep

-Last Sunday's homily is available by email
-This Sunday's Scriptures can be found at www.usccb.org
-check out this week's LinC Letter on the back of the parish bulletin or at www.saint-albert.org/lincletter
-I will be celebrating mass on  Saturday at 4:00 PM and at 8:00 AM Sunday


 We serve not because of need but because we need to serve

It is pretty clear from the scriptures that Jesus did not see himself as a healer, as if his mission was to heal all the sick people including the leper. In fact, his insistence that people not talk about his healing miracles makes it clear that his mission is to something other than healing. In other words, Jesus’s Mission isn’t to heal sick people rather Jesus  accomplishes his mission  to save all people by healing  some who are sick.

 This is what we are often saying in the church about our call to be generous to the poor in our Catholic charities appeal. We do not give because people have a need rather we recognize that we have a need to give. We are generous to the poor or not because the poor are Catholic or  deserving of our generosity.  Rather  we are generous to the poor because we are Catholic and being generous is a symptom of our faith and life in the church .