{"id":71011,"date":"2026-06-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=71011"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:16:36","slug":"ars-praedicandi-13th-sunday-in-ordinary-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/ars-praedicandi-13th-sunday-in-ordinary-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ars Praedicandi:\u00a013th Sunday in Ordinary Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Ed Foley, OFM Cap., June 24, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the decades, I have learned
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that there are a couple of topics about which
\u00a0\u00a0 celibate clergy,
like me, should avoid since we have no expertise:
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 like paying taxes or giving financial guidance
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 since I am supported by a tax-exempt institution
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or providing advice on the work-life balance in the corporate world
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 since I have never been employed there
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or offering tips on a stress-free marriage
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 since observation from afar suggests there is no such thing,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or offering opinions about child-rearing
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 about which I am completely ignorant.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family relationships are fraught with tension, even peril.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some of that is captured in a musical about the prodigal son
written by favorite liturgical composer and friend Rory Cooney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lyric from his song \u201cFamily\u201d comes to mind,
as Cooney writes:

Living with family never is easy,<\/em>
Child in a wink goes from baby to beast.<\/em>
That\u2019s why some people decide to stay single,<\/em>
That\u2019s why some people decide to be priests \u2026<\/em>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>through Christ our Lord.\u00a0 Amen!

Given this perspective, today\u2019s Gospel
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 could be considered something of
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an evangelical booby trap for clerics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

especially some of us ecclesiastical dinosaurs
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who left home to join the seminary at age 13 \u2013
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 something which my own mother never let me forget!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the surface this section from Matthew suggests
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that we have to love Jesus more than our parents,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an apparent contradiction of the 4th Mosaic commandment:
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201chonor your father and mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So the challenge, as with so many scriptural passages:
to avoid isolating a few verses from the rest of the scriptures
or taking them too literally,
but instead interpreting them so that they are connected
to Jesus\u2019 central commandments
of love of God, neighbor & self
and his relentless invitation for us to be servants like him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One way to do that may be to step away from the scriptures
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and even the human family and, instead, explore more widely
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 how nature has a funny way of ignoring the rulebook
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 when it comes to relationships
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and even the very definition of parenting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The worlds of primatology, zoology and nature studies
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 are filled with documentable reports
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of exceedingly odd couple relationships,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 interspecies nurturing,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and even hunter-prey parenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable is the story of the lioness Kamunyak<\/a>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who found a baby antelope – usually prey for lions.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But instead of having it for lunch
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 she mothered it and fiercely protected it for over a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then there was the once in a lifetime filming<\/a>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of a young leopard named Legadema
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who killed a mother baboon for food
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but then discovered a newborn clinging to the mother
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and instead of turning it into dessert,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 she spent the night grooming the infant
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 carrying it high into the trees to keep it from hyenas
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and cradled it against her body for warmth.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe oddest of all was the coupling of
a baby Hippo and a giant land Tortoise<\/a>:
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a stranded baby hippo was rescued and brought to Kenya.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Traumatized and alone, the 1-year-old hippo sought comfort
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in the same animal reserve
from 130-year-old giant tortoise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Despite the tortoise\u2019s initial grumpiness
\u2013 after all, he was well into his 2nd<\/sup> century \u2013
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he eventually not only accepted the hippo
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but nurtured him as his sidekick
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 offering him protection and comfort as the world\u2019s
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 greatest great-great-great-great grandfather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ll end this excursus with the 2022 story of
the English Golden lab Fred<\/a> who he took on a massive brood
of 15 orphaned ducklings whose mother had vanished.
The ducklings were frequently photographed
hitching a ride on Fred\u2019s back
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 following him into the water for a swim
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and swarming him whenever he decided to rest
climbing over his back,
nuzzling into his fur,
even sleeping on his head
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [there is a picture of them on my website].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charming, you might say, but we are not
tortoises or labradors,
lionesses or leopards;
rather we are human beings
-who fiercely defend our family of origins
our Irish or pseudo-Irish roots
and the ancient grudges we\u2019ve been encouraged to call “tradition.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a word, that is both psychological and theological hogwash.

On the contrary, however, there is an abundance of scientific evidence
not only about human\u2019s capacity for non-biological parenting<\/a>
or the importance of families of choice<\/a> over families of origin
but also their necessity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many families do you know, as do I,
where cousins, or friends, or foster kids
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 were fixtures around dinner tables
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and the reason for buying bunk beds?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many families do you know, as I do,
where multiple \u201caunties\u201d were not related by blood,
the so called \u201cguest room\u201d had a permanent guest,
and where \u201cbrother\u201d is a title not inherited through birth
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but earned in loyalty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a very human level we have an experiential edge
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an instinctive understanding
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 even a deep empathy for embracing the other as family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, to suggest that in this gospel
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus is directing us to abandon our families, friends, beloveds
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in order to be true disciples
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is an exercise in theological naivet\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rather, as always, Jesus is missioning us to do something:
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To redefine family by embracing the other
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 other tribe or race
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 other gender identity or political affiliation
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as belonging:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

something Jesus does with astounding regularity.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, in deeds without words
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus says to the Samaritan woman
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cyou are my sister\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as he says to the tax collector Zaccheus
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cyou are my brother\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As as he says to the widow at Naim in raising her child
\u201cYou too are my mother, too!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Son Yang-won lived in Yeosu, South Korea,
where he primarily ministered to a colony of people
suffering from Hansen\u2019s disease (leprosy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 1948, during the volatile geopolitical climate
leading up to the Korean War, a Communist student uprising broke out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the chaos, a mob of radicalized leftist youths
targeted Christian families.
They captured Pastor Son’s two eldest biological sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A young student named Chai-sun led the betrayal
and execution of the two brothers
because of their political and religious beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sons died refusing to recant their faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When government forces suppressed the rebellion a week later
Chai-sun was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death
by firing squad for the murders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon hearing the news, though devastated by the loss of his sons,
Pastor Son shocked the community and the government:
by fiercely pleading fiercely with the military authorities
to spare the life of his sons’ killer,
arguing that executing the young man
would not bring his sons back,
nor would it heal the hatred gripping the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boy\u2019s life was spared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then mercy took a giant leap toward resurrection
For Pastor Son not only intervened to save the boys life
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But then formally requested to adopt him into his own family
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To raise him place of the sons that he had murdered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not too often you hear about military leaders
Reversing an execution order in the face of radical grace,
But moved by this unimaginable act of mercy,
the military released him into the pastor’s custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chai-sun legally became a member of the Son family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this aftermath of this merciful abundance,
The boy repented,
converted to Christianity,
and eventually even went on to seminary,
becoming minister himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the funeral for his biological sons,
Pastor Son famously offered a prayer
listing nine distinct reasons for thanksgiving,
including thanking God for giving him a heart
that could love his enemy and compel him to adopt the murderer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This unimaginable incarnation of today\u2019s gospel passage
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Earned Pastor Son the nickname: the atomic bomb of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tragically, Pastor Son’s own life was cut short just two years later.
In September 1950, during the Korean War,
he refused to abandon his patients at the leper colony
when North Korean troops advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was captured and executed by North Korean forces,
dying a martyr.
At his funeral, his adopted son, Chai-sun,
Led the funeral procession as the chief mourner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In another part of Matthew\u2019s gospel, Jesus asks
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cwho is my mother and who are my brothers\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pastor Son extended that question further asking
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cwho is my son, who is my family\u201d
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And answered it in his living and his dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of us will never face a grief that staggering,
or offer a mercy that unimaginable
Yet, the very same gospel
That broke open the heart of a grieving father
Daily knocks at the door of our lives as well
disturbing the comfortable boundaries
we draw around our own small worlds
and asks us to look into the unfamiliar face
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 listen to the unwelcome voice
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 extend a hand across
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the racial
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cultural
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 social divides
and in so doing dare to see our freshly revealed kin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As that is not an easy journey, we rely upon the grace of the gospel,
The sustenance of God\u2019s spirit,
And the company of each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We leave this place and step back into a fractured world
as with the poet, we pray for expanded hearts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we be blessed with a holy restlessness
when the circle of our love grows too small,
and the borders of our belonging become too confined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May the restless, unmapped grace of God
disturb our quiet sanctuaries,
stretching our hearts beyond comfort of our own
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the safety of our kin
to find the brother hidden in the stranger
and the daughter waiting in the foe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For love is not a treasure to be hoarded
but a landscape of the heart
that knows no borders.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So be blessed as you cross the threshold of your own keeping
to stand where the margins dissolve,
until every exiled soul is welcomed in \u00a0
every wall of hate is reduced to dust
and the broken family of God\u2019s children
is healed in a fierce and undivided embrace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like to listen to Fr. Foley’s homily for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time A, it is posted on the homepage of hiswebsite edwardfoleycapuchin.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward Foley<\/strong>,\u00a0OFM, Cap.,<\/strong> Duns Scotus Professor of Spirituality Emeritus and retired Professor of Liturgy and Music at Catholic Theological Union, has authored or edited 33 books. His works are translated into 9 languages. A celebrated preacher and presenter, he received a major grant from the John Templeton Foundation for Preaching and the Sciences and another from the Lilly Endowment. A recipient of lifetime achievement awards from the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, the North American Academy of Liturgy, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, Aquinas Institute, and Barry University, as well as a preaching fellowship at Notre Dame University, he has lectured in over 70 dioceses throughout the English-speaking world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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