~The 10 Sunday in Ordinary Time~ 


                         
   ~A House Divided~ 

This week's Gospel demands our conversion, which is a two-step process. It requires a change of heart and then a turning around toward God. It is both an interior and exterior change, which could be likened to re-aligning yourself to follow your north-facing compass—it first requires knowledge that you are no longer headed north, and then the willingness to change paths in order to head north.

Because conversion requires a change of heart, we know that to be converted, our consciences must be open. Truth must be able to penetrate our thoughts so that we become aware of our failings and shortcomings. When our conscience speaks, we need to conform ourselves to the truth, instead of trying to justify our wrongdoing. The will then follows the intellect. If we know something to be true and want to embrace that truth, then our actions will begin to follow.

The second step in conversion requires us not just to turn away from something but to turn toward something else. Conversion is turning away from sin and turning toward God, turning away from vice and toward virtue. The best confessors will not just tell us we need to stop being greedy, but rather will encourage us to break the vice of greed by growing in the virtue of generosity.


Congratulations to our 8th Graders who graduated on Friday evening, June 11th. There were 78 members of the Class of 2021 and 44 of them are from Legacy Families who graduated their last child from St. Agnes Cathedral School. God Bless the Class of 2021!