Grab your work gloves and your hard hat. In today’s homily, Father Jerry asks, “Can we remove a rock that is an obstacle between us and another? Can we take out a brick from the wall we have built around us that not just keeps others out, but isolates us from experiencing life to the full? Can we crack open a door we keep shut, only because of fear of what (or who) we don’t know?”

“The work of the follower of Jesus is peace and reconciliation,” Saint Paul says, and for many of us that requires some demolition.