"I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a LIVING SACRIFICE, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:1-2
(Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on February 12, 2023 at Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, Italy; See Sirach 15:15-20 and Matthew 5:17-37)