Jul
21
Pulling Weeds and Being "Judgmental"
The following is an approximation of the Homily delivered for the Sixteenth Sunday or Ordinary time, July 20, 2014 at St. Luke the Evangelist Church, Slidell LA. The readings for this Sunday can be found here at the USCCB web site.
Does the name Nathan Brown ring a bell for you? Probably not. 17 years ago he went to a Louisiana prison for 25 years for attempted rape. 3 weeks ago he was on the front page of the Times Picayune, on WWL-TV, Fox 8, MSNBC and various other local and national news outlets. On June 25th, Nathan Brown walked out of prison after a Jefferson Parish judge overturned his conviction. You see, he was unjustly judged. The Innocence Project took on his case. Results from DNA testing of crime scene evidence proved that another man was actually the guilty person.
Does the name Nathan Brown ring a bell for you? Probably not. 17 years ago he went to a Louisiana prison for 25 years for attempted rape. 3 weeks ago he was on the front page of the Times Picayune, on WWL-TV, Fox 8, MSNBC and various other local and national news outlets. On June 25th, Nathan Brown walked out of prison after a Jefferson Parish judge overturned his conviction. You see, he was unjustly judged. The Innocence Project took on his case. Results from DNA testing of crime scene evidence proved that another man was actually the guilty person.
