Click hear to download and listen to this homily (14 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Jesus' words are hard. Is he really advocating self mutilation? No, But he is saying in the strongest of terms that sin needs to be avoided at all costs. Today he might say, "If your inter net connection causes you to sin, disconnect!" James in his letter talks about the workers withheld wages crying out to God for Justice. In the Sept 2003 National Geographic Magazine there was an article exposing the reality of Human Slavery in the 21st Century. Some 150 thousand debt slaves bought and sold as property in the USA with 27 million worldwide. They pick our vegetables, work in your homes, and many our imprisoned as sex slaves. What we need is found in the first reading. That the Spirit of God might come down on every member of the human family that all might be free.
Readings: Numbers 11:25-29; Psalm 19; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48.
Read Catholic News Services’ article that highlights USCCB’s work:
Human trafficking remains largely in the shadows across the US
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