3 March 2019 - 8th Sunday "C" - Si 27:4-7; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 - Abbey of O.L. of the Mississippi, Iowa, USA
Homily
At first reading, this gospel seems to us to be a somewhat messy collection of Jesus' words that are not very related to each other. But this is really not the kind of Luke, who is a good writer, and who knows above all how to structure a story. So let's take a look at the context.