While preaching about the parable of the Good Samaritan, Fr. Matthew Howell talks about feeling "contractually obligated" to help a passerby whose car was stuck in the ditch. He goes on to elaborate how we, as Christians, are contractually obligated to love our neighbor simply because we claim to be followers of Christ. We should, however, move beyond "contractual obligation," doing good works as a fruit of our love for God and as an expression of our faith. Along the way, he quotes St. Nikolai of Zica, Galatians 6:9, Wisdom of Sirach 14:14 and 16, James 2:18, Matthew 5:7, and touches on the feast of St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria.
2022 Homily: The Golden Life of Love
2021 Homily: It's not a 'Got-to', it's a 'Get-to'
2016 Homily: "Do this and you will live"
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Gospel: Luke 10:25-27
