2/23/26: I Almost Missed Jesus

Monday Mass. 2.23.26.

In this homily, I share a story about a man who joined our pickleball group and how I realized I didn’t welcome him the way I should have. As I read the Gospel later, it hit me — when we welcome the stranger, we welcome Jesus. I reflect on how easy it is to miss Christ in the people right in front of us and how the Lord invites us to love the “least” as if we are loving Him.