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Posted by Don Bosco Technical College on Monday, June 29, 2015
SIMPLE GREATNESS
Catholic Homily / Sunday Reflection 3rd Sunday of Advent (C) December 13, 2009 “Nothing is more simple than greatness. Indeed, to be simple is to be great.” Last week, we alluded to what I call the “gang of seven” – bigwigs and powerful people all, who became even greater in contraposition to lowly John the Baptist, “the son of Zechariah in the desert.” I also spoke about the need for us to face our very own power blocks, the modern-day equivalent of the “gang of seven,” who may also stand in the way of our being totally sold out to the call of John the Baptist – to make all paths straight and level in preparation for the coming of the Lord. Today, we see the tables being turned in favor of this lowly man who dressed in “funny clothes,” (camel’s hair) and ate “funny food,” (locusts and wild honey), out of whose life – and death – someone named Herod had selfishly “gotten a rise,” for himself, insecure as he most likely was, about his fast waning hold on power. Ironically
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