Homily Oct 24-25^th, 2015: 30^th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Blind Bartimaeus (and the Catechism) teaches us about Filial Trust in prayer: let’s praise & thank God with the same exacting fervor with which we ask for certain blessings! St. Augustine’s Letter to Proba asks God (& us) to exercise and expand our desires (look for chapter 8, paragraph 17, until we can will what God wills.