Glory Exchanged (Homily – October 14, 2025)

Tuesday: 28th Week in Ordinary Time — October 14, 2025

Saint Edward Catholic Church | Saint Thomas Mission Chapel

 

There’s a quiet kind of idolatry that never looks scandalous from the outside. It’s the subtle worship of created things—our image, our comfort, our success—when gratitude fades and self takes center stage. Saint Paul calls it the great exchange: trading the glory of God for the likeness of an image. Jesus exposes it in today’s Gospel, not to condemn, but to heal: “Give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.” True worship begins again when mercy flows from a clean heart.