Homily: September 13, 2025, Satuday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time (Foundation)

“That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.”

I love the song “Christ is my firm foundation.” Not only the music, but also the words are so powerful. Christian life is nothing less than a life rooted in Christ. We are not simply following a set of principles or moral laws. We are following a person, the living Christ who died for us, who rose for us, and who calls us to walk in His footsteps.

A life rooted in Christ means we live as He lived, and we die as He died, for love. We imitate His sacrificial love by carrying our own crosses every day. And when our life is built on this solid foundation, nothing can shake us. No temptation, no worldly lies, no passing ideology promising an “easier” way of peace can destroy us.

We live in a world full of confusion. Sadly, even some Christians today follow worldly ideologies and then try to teach them as if they were part of the Gospel. 

If you look around at many Christian communities, you see teachings and practices that Jesus Himself opposed, both in word and in deed. This is what happens when people build on sand instead of on the Rock.

We need so much grace to stand firm in today’s world. Satan is subtle, crawling into every area of life, our homes, our schools, our culture, even sometimes into our churches. The only way to remain strong is to stay close to Jesus:

Go often to the sacrament of Reconciliation. Let Christ wash away the cracks in your foundation.

Receive the Holy Eucharist frequently, Our nourishment and strength.

Spend time before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, where we are reminded again and again that He alone is our Rock.

If Christ is truly our foundation, then when the floods of life come, when the storms rage, our house will not fall. It will stand, because it is built on Him.

Amen.


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