Bonus - Fr. Linh's Homily: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B

Fr. Linh's homily at the conclusion of the Bread of Life Discourse.  We hope this bonus episode provides you with some clarity about the purpose of life as a Christian.

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Episode Transcript

Tim Stout (00:02):
The Lord be with you.
And when you're reading from theHoly Gospel, according to john
Laurie, many of Jesus'sdisciples who were listening
said, this saying is hard, whocan accept it? Since Jesus knew
that his disciples weremurmuring about this, he said to

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them, does this shock you? Whatif you were to see the Son of
Man ascending to where he wasbefore? It is the spirit that
gives life while the flesh is ofno avail. The words I have
spoken to you are spirit, andlife. But there are some of you

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who do not believe. Jesus knewfrom the beginning the ones who
would not be leave and the oneswho would betray him. And he
said, For this reason, I havetold you that no one can come to
me, unless it is granted him bymy father. As a result of this,

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many of his disciples returnedto their former way of life, and
no longer accompanied him. ofJesus then said to the 12, do
you also want to leave? SimonPeter answered him, Master, to
whom shall we go? You have thewords of eternal life, we have

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come to believe, and areconvinced that you are the Holy
One of God. The Gospel of theLord.

Fr. Linh Nguyen (02:02):
A few days ago, we have a show called you all
might know that the show directby our Deacon, beloved Deacon
Tim Stout over there known asDeacon doctrine and trains. So
in the midst of conversation, wekind of brought up about the
homiletic preaching, and thenwhat, when we come down to
train, in preaching homily, wecan, we can approach at any

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angle, that possibility, notnecessary has to be by the word
of the reading of the gospelthat proclaim, so one of the
options actually can preach fromthe college. How many of you
heard the college today at Mass?
Exactly, rest my case. Here itis. The opening prayer that's we

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call the college. Listen to thisword. Or God will call the mind
of the faithful to unite in asingle purpose. Grant your
people to love what you commend,and to design what you promise.
But amidst the uncertainties ofthis world, our hearts may be

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fixed on that place where truegladness is found. Through our
Lord Jesus Christ, your Sonlived and reigned with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit,God forever and ever.
Or God who caused the minds ofthe faithful to unite in a

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single purpose? What is ourpurpose friends, being a
Christian? And then there wassilence, Dale, what is our
purpose as Christian? To loveserve God in this world to go to

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heaven. Don't be preoccupied.
When the last time we say toourselves, I want to go to
heaven. We don't. When the lasttime we teach our children about
heaven when the last time weexercise our love for one

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another with the intention thatwe go want to go to heaven
Laila, who caused the mind ofthe fable tonight in single
purpose that came to us so wecan be with God when your people

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to love with you Come men, andto design what you promise.
Grant your people to love. Whatyou come in what the Jesus
command? What is Jesuscommandment? store? love God

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with all your mind, your heartand your mind. Love your
neighbor as yourself. We ask Godto help us with that deep
desire, deep desire to serve Godwith that capacity. We have seen

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many tattoos in our generation,isn't it? When the last time we
saw that tattoo in front offorehead, maybe we ought to do
that. You see, if you tattoo onJane's head, and when you look
at him or you kiss him, you knowexactly what God commanded to

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do. Or vice versa. See when lasttime we go all out to love God
with that much conviction.
That's an important question wehave to ask ourselves. This the

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uncertainty ofthis world, we already know that
right? COVID patient COVIDvictim por COVID world. We don't
know what going on. Our heartmay fix on that place where true
gladness is found. True gladnessis found Nuff said. You see the

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first reading Joshua. Peoplethat can confuse isn't it all.
He calls someone the people.
Make up your mind people. ButGod you want here. The God of
Walmart, the God of iPhone orthe God that we just pray

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minutes ago, the God thatrevealed to us the true mystery
of redemption. More than that,you see the gospel today is a
final discourse. It probably oneconsidered to be one of the sad
is in the Bible. People walkaway from Jesus that couldn't

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handle him. Not because he hewas radical, because he
presented them something thatthey cannot comprehend. The very
Body and Blood of him he expectthem to eat them. You see him
the conclusion. Many peopleclaim it is symbolic. No, no,

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no, no, no. Jesus could easilyexpress it. Because the
disciples say is hard tounderstand. Jesus easily said,
Oh, it is symbolic of me. But heinsists, he insists. You see,
when it comes down to God andJesus, how often we allow Jesus

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solely to be a nice guy. Howoften we allow Jesus to be in
front of us, claiming that he isGod.

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Just because we saw him, we seehis body
being crucified. But the truthfor 2000 years, we defend so
many blood has shed in ourdoctrine to believe that He is
God. If Jesus is just one of us,that hell Forget it. Let's not

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worry about it. You see if he istruly God because God has that
power you see, let there belight. And there is light. Let
us separate between the door andEarth. They split heaven. Let

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there be dry land. And that'sdry land. Lazarus come out. He
came out. Little girl Get up.
She can't wake up. Take this allof you and eat this. This is my
body. It is His body. You see,friend, this is a certainty in

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the uncertainty world. Jesusshare with us his very self, and
call us to consummate with himto eat him, not hoping one day
we will have eternal life, eathim that he may sustain you. I

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dare say this, let's do somecash vote on this for sure. The
problematic and our society now.
Because people stop eatingJesus. You see, when the true

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food of Heaven is not beingconsumed, disorder take place.
When you do not take a highblood pressure pill, you will
have high blood pressure. Yousee, if you're not taking blood

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thinner, you will clot up anddie.

Unknown (11:22):
So

Fr. Linh Nguyen (11:24):
if you eat Jesus, naturally, be prepared
for chaotic in life is differentfor me. It's so basic. There's
nothing more clear than that.
When we ask for God, in theopening prayer are known as we
ask God and show us in thatsingle purpose, single minded

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Christian, how important it isfor us to make sure we have that
single purpose in everything wedo. In the way we raised our
children in the way we exerciselove with one another in the way

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we speak with one another. WhenGod truth is not here, look at
the second reading. You know,oftentimes we hear that reading
the words or boring a woman wifesupporting the husband of course
we you know what? in marriage tosay in love, they always had

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intention. Love is not afeeling. Love is a intention
commit to what you ought to do.
If I truly love you, sure.
subordinate Sure, no big deal.
him saying, If you truly committo follow faithful with Jesus,

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it doesn't matter. If you livein heaven, or hell, you are
commit. See the problem with ourmodern world. We confuse
commitment with choices. Love,there's no choice. Love, there
is commitment. Grocery shopping,yes, there are plenty of

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choices. But when it comes downto love, there's only one single
purpose and there it is. I cometo die. So I may rise, that you
may have eternal life. Nothingshook him from that truth. And

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we have been baptized into thattruth. And we are the people
being invited to eat him intechnically, that we may become
that very conduit of him and besingle purpose for every person
we encounter. To be a Christian,yes. And to love like Christ has

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love us to friends. Let usremember who we are as
Christian, who we are asCatholic, to make sure we have
the clear purpose in our life,to live, to love and to serve
Christ faithfully.