Catholic TV Mass Online September 28, 2025: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Presider: Fr. John Puodziunas OFM Parish: Assumption BVM Province Choir: Heart of the Nation Text from the Homily Good morning, number 71. For a few days on retreat that was the first greeting I received at breakfast because we had to check in that we were present and the person who was checking us in would say good morning, number 71. That was my number. About the fourth day I looked at him, and I said good morning joseph. My name is John. Because it really is all in the name, isn't it? Today's gospel is a familiar parable said to the pharisees. We have on one hand a rich man dressed in fine purple linen sumptuous food, enjoying life, outside of his door, a poor man, hungry with sores. Their fate is somewhat predictable. The poor man in the comfort of the bosom of Abraham. The rich man in torment. But it doesn't say that he was a bad person, does it. He wasn't yelling or kicking or screaming at the poor man outside. He just simply wasn't aware he didn't see him. Was blind to his presence. And therefore, he was indifferent. It's to this indifference that Amos in the first reading condemns those in power to take care of the needs of the needy. He condemns them for not doing what they could and for their indifference. Elie Wiesel the holocaust survivor, writer, professor, and activist would often say the opposite of love is not hate. It's indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness. It's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy. It's indifference. The opposite of life is not death. It's indifference. Indifference is about certain kinds of blinders and often times not even with intent because no one really, I believe, intends to be mean to poor people. But blinders show up because we're consumed by our own little world and today, we're consumed by that mobile phone that just seems to capture all of our attention and we have these blinders on. Or sometimes the blinders are simply holding on to some hurt or some pain from the past and these blinders make us indifferent. So, what should we do about our indifference. It's all in the name. You know. Notice that in that parable the rich man remains nameless. The poor man is Lazarus. And with that name he has a certain dignity. He has a purpose. He's real. Because it's all in the name. In Paul's letter to Timothy we hear that God treats us with love and peace and mercy and gentleness but in our baptism we know that God treats us this way and calls us by name. We are called by name, for we have dignity in the person that we are. And we're told then to do the same. To be people of love and ministers of peace and offering mercy and being gentle. Just as God has been with us. And that's a start. But let's make it real the gospel says. Let's make it real. Let's learn the name of our neighbor. Let's be able to name the poor beggar. Let's name the waiter who serves us. Or the delivery man who comes to our door. Let us give each person a sense of dignity and purpose and recognize that they are real. For God calls us here by name. Thomas, Ann, Michael, Timothy, Amber, by name. Let's come to the banquet by name. Entrance: The Servant Song Text: Richard Gillard b. 1953 Tune: Richard Gillard b. 1963; harm by Betty Pulkingham, b. 1929 © 1977 Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing Psalm 146: Praise The Lord My Soul Text © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2016, Sarah Hart. Published by OCP. All rights reserved. Preparation: Unwavering © 2006, Thankyou Music (PRS)/Spirit & Song, a division of OCP. All rights reserved. Administered at EMICMGPublishing.com. Used with permission. Communion: The Feast Meant For Everyone © 2019, Tom Booth and Sarah Hart. Published by Spirit & Song®, a division of OCP. All rights reserved. Sending Forth: Let All Things Now Living Text: Katherine K. Davis, 1892-1980, © 1939, 1966, E.C. Schirmer Music Co. Tune: ASH GROVE, 66 11 66 11 D; Welsh; harm. by Gerald H. Knight, 1908-1979 Mass Setting: Mass for Sister Thea Bowman Text: © 2010 ICEL Music: Mass for Sister Thea Bowman, Aaron Mathews, © 2021 GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this liturgy obtained from ONE LICENSE, License No. A-718591. www.HeartoftheNation.org