woe to me if I preach not

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Aug 22, 2004

... anyway, when they were backing out of their parking place -- and it was a very crowded parking lot -- the Daddy didn’t see a car that was coming behind him and plowed into it! The car was a brand new Jeep Wrangler. It had the right of way. The daddy was furious, especially because he knew it was his fault. He jumped out of the car and cursed the teenage boy who was the driver of the Wrangler. All the kid could say was you wrecked my graduation present.

From Andrew Greeley's reflection on today's gospel ("Enter by the narrow gate"). Perhaps it will help put the homily you hear in your own church in its true perspective.