Homily for January 15, 2018 “Why then did you not Obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you swoop on the spoil, and do what was evil in the sight of the LORD?... I have obeyed the voice of the Lord … But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.” 1 Samuel 15:19-21.  Our first reading this morning