Homily For First Catholic Slovak Union
53rd Quadrennial Convention
Twelfth Sunday In Ordinary Time – June 21, 2026
By FCSU Protector, The Most Reverend Larry J. Kulick, J.C.L., Bishop of Greensburg
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks tenderly, but firmly, to his disciples – “Do not be afraid.”
Three times he says:
- Fear no one.
- Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
- So do not be afraid.
He says it again and again because our Lord knows the human heart. He knows that fear can silence us. Fear can convince us that faith is something private, something to be kept quiet, something to be spoken only in whispers. But Jesus does not call his disciples to whisper the Gospel. He says, “What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.”