Homily - Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time - August 25, 2022

Dcn Ryan

Deacon Ryan first proclaims the Gospel for the Thursday of the Twenty First Week in Ordinary Time, from Matthew 24:42-51.
Deacon Ryan then describes an incident from his career as a paramedic, where he fell asleep in the most inopportune of times. He then describes how in the Gospel, we are called to "stay awake". After 2000 years of waiting on our Lord, it's hard to stay awake. But what we do is important, and the time to be on guard is now.