9-6-26 Twenty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Twenty-Third Sunday, Ordinary Time “More than five hundred years ago, two powerful Irish families discovered just how dangerous going first could be. In 1492, the Butlers of Ormonde and the Fitzgerald’s of Kildare were locked in a bitter feud. When fighting broke out near Dublin and the Butlers found themselves losing, they fled into St. Patrick’s Cathedral and barricaded themselves inside the Chapter House. Gerald FitzGerald wanted to make peace, but the Butlers feared that if they opened the door, the Fitzgeralds would kill them. And so there they remained: two families, two sides, one heavy wooden door between them. ...