I was about to refer to what follows as a
homily, but I must correct myself in advance: properly speaking a homily is a
commentary that follows a scripture reading. In this instance no scripture has been read or even referenced:
“The Church was not established in this way so that we could put all settings on
autopilot, and wait for the Second Coming. As we look at the history of the
Church, we see that we must constantly learn, generation after generation, what it means to be Israel.”
In this case there’s a perfectly good reason the word of God has not been called upon: I cannot think of a single verse of scripture that legitimately supports such a statement.