Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time (Homily – September 10, 2025)

September 10, 2025 – Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time

We all know to wash our hands before supper. Saint Paul reminds us there’s another dirt that needs cleansing: the words that come off our tongues. Anger, malice, gossip, lies—these reveal whether we’re living the “old self” or the new life of Christ.

Holiness doesn’t sneak up on us. It’s chosen. It shows up in the way we speak. As one priest once told me: “What's a little white lie? A lie is a lie. They don’t have sizes and colors.”

Today’s Gospel blesses us when we’re insulted for Christ. But if our words themselves are the insult, then the shame is ours. Christ calls us to wash our mouths clean, so our tongues can bear truth and mercy at His table.

Preached by Rev. Korey R. LaVergne at Saint Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA

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