Join Fr. Brendan Curran, OP in this Know Before You Go video for the Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. In the first reading (Genesis 18:20-32), Moses and God go to Sodom, where people have been gossiping about how bad they are. Moses gets God to admit that he is in the end forgiving, and would forgive Sodom for the smallest reason. Are we quick to condemn groups of people (think immigrants, muslims) because we have heard rumors about them?
Then Psalm 138 also reminds us that God is forgiving.
Then, in the Gospel, we have the Lord's prayer (Luke 11:1-13), where we ask God to forgive us as we forgive others.
To live out these readings, may we quit being so judging of others and learn to forgive one another, individuals and wholes groups of people.
Timeline:00:00 Introduction & Greeting
00:23 God's Compassion vs Our Judgment
00:49 Abraham & Sarah's Radical Hospitality
01:26 God's Promise: Descendants Like Stars
01:45 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
02:58 The Power of Innocence & Mercy
03:40 The Real Lesson: God is Not Condemning
04:18 Judging Immigrants & the Marginalized
05:32 Learning from Genesis: Resist Rash Judgments
06:10 Psalm 138: God's Compassion Never Fails
07:07 Gospel: Teach Us to Pray – The Lord’s Prayer
08:08 The Reign of God in Daily Life
09:02 God's Persistent Presence
10:16 Ask, Seek, Knock – God's Response
10:54 God's Compassion for All – Guilty & Innocent
11:14 Live the Lord's Prayer – Act Like God's Kingdom
11:38 Final Blessing & Call to Hope