Homily – 23rd Sunday – Year C – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Swaziland #eswatini)
A man was travelling through a desert, and he ran out of water. He realized very quickly that unless he found some, he would die. In the middle of nowhere he came across a shed. When he entered the shed, he found a jug of water, an old fashioned hand-operated pump, and a note that said “Take the jug of water, pour it into the shaft of the pump to prime it, then move the lever, and you will have all the water that you need.”
The man faced a decision. Should he do what the note said, pouring the water into the pump in the hope that the pump would work, or should he drink the water in the jug, since he was dying of thirst? After all, he was certain that the water in the jug was real, but there was no guarantee that the pump would work.
He thought for a minute or two and then decided to trust. He poured the jug of water into the pump.…
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