The Reading for this 20th Sunday, could be jarring to our ears. If we feel so, then we must pay close attention to our call to be prophets. We who have been confirmed have been given a share in Christ’s prophetic anointing. If our goal is to be everybody’s ‘likeable fellow’, we are going to have a hard time being faithful. The word that God commands us to share is sometimes comforting, sometimes disturbing. We must get over our fear of offending people and love them enough to tell them the truth. Of course, there is always the question of the right place and time. But if no place is the right place and the right time never comes, we can be sure that we are allowing fear of other’s opinion to get in the way of love. Love is not about being sentimental or popular. It shakes things up and sets the world on fire.