Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Today’s readings seem to present a contradiction, but it’s not an either/or situation, its a both/and situation. We should both have faith AND do the actions that spring forth from that. We must desire and ask for the Holy Spirit, and our actions should reflect this yearning. (Preached on Thursday, October 9th, 2008, 12:15pm, St. Malachy’s Church, Broadway and 49th, Times Square, New York City.)