A homily for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 21, 2026
Jeremiah 20:10-13, Romans 5:12-15, Matthew 10:26-33
There’s an interesting — some say controversial — new bedtime routine for parents of little-little ones. Among other names, it’s called “dark rooming,” and some moms and dads are tucking in their babies and toddlers in soundproof, pitch-black rooms.
Absolute silence. Absolutely lightproof. Isolation tanks, without the warm saltwater.
The dark-room believers say this sensory deprivation guarantees a deeper, sounder, dream-filled sleep and teaches their children not to fear the dark.
Perhaps.
Then again, many of us still sleep with night lights. (I raise my hand.)