Why Toughening Builds Resilience

Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

When comfort is our god, we end up underliving our lives.

Modern life has done a powerful job of reducing stark deprivation. This is a good thing. But one of the results is that many of us have become captive to comfort.

Mass Readings from September 28, 2025:

Amos 6:1a, 4-7

Psalm 146:7, 8-9, 9-10

1 Timothy 6:11-16

Luke 16:19-31