FOR YOUR STUDY AND ACTION by FATHER JAY BOWDEN
The following is a homily delivered by Father Jay on January 22, 2017 This past Friday (January 20, 2017,) President Barack Obama stepped down from the Office of President of the U.S.A. and President-elect Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45 th President of the U.S.A. Change the names a bit, and today’s second reading from the First Century Letter of St. Paul the Corinthians could well apply to our nation in the 21 st Century. On the one hand, our Nation is so great, so beautiful, so wonderful, and yet, on the other hand, it is so angry, so divided. But since the earliest day of our Nation, from the time of our founding fathers and mothers there have been serious disagreements and divisions. There has been so much violence and hatred, tragedy and killing. It is so true - whether we are talking about the 21 st Century, or the 1900s, the 1800s with its terrible Civil War, or the days before and after American Revolution. With all of the very real and important di