September 7, 2025 – TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
+ From the Gospel according to Luke (14:25-33) Now great crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. Whoever of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to mock him, saying, ‘This…