In a world that often feels foreign and strange, how do we recognize God's presence? Drawing from personal stories of grandfathers who modeled care, action, and hospitality, this sermon explores what it means to be shaped by faith across generations. When life challenges us in ways we don't like, we're called not just to do good works, but to boldly proclaim that Christ makes them possible—especially in these perilous times when God's love and justice are hidden behind human power.

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Father Scott explores the connection between Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem 'We Wear the Mask' and Jesus' commissioning of the disciples in Matthew 9-10. Drawing from his own experience as a Black man in America, Scott unpacks how Jesus calls us to do the difficult work of showing radical love that defies social norms—even when we face persecution. This sermon challenges us to wear the mask God gives us: one of compassion, faith, and unwavering commitment to making God's kingdom come near through loving our neighbors as ourselves.

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Father Shawn challenges us to examine whether our picture of God is too small, and how that limited view creates tables with too few chairs. Through Jesus' radical meal with tax collectors and sinners, we discover that our theology flows from our imagination of who God is. When we allow our understanding of God to expand beyond comfortable boundaries, we find a table already set with chairs for everyone, including us.

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