September 5, 2025 - Friday of the 22nd week of Ordinary Time
HOMILY
In the first reading, taken from the Letter to the Colossians, Paul gives us a Christological hymn consisting of two stanzas, one referring to creation, the other to redemption. In the first, Christ is presented as the firstborn of creation, before all creatures; in the second, He is presented as the firstborn from the dead, the firstborn of a multitude of brothers, all firstborn, born to new life in the waters of baptism.