CHOSEN TO GO AND BEAR FRUIT THAT WILL LAST!
Catholic Homily/Sunday Reflection 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A October 5, 2008 Readings: Is 5:1-7 / Phil 4:6-9 /Mt 21:33-43 I have been an educator (a teacher) for the past 31 years. Add to those years four more when I dabbled at religion teaching as a 4th Yr High School student, as a freshman in college, a sophomore, and a novice teaching catechism. They seem enough to enable me to make some simple generalizations and conclusions, don’t they? One simple generalization I should like to make as I look back, is this… it is hard to deal with the indifferent, with the lazy, with those who are not properly or sufficiently motivated to learn. It is far easier to deal with those who are eager to learn, far easier even with those, who, while short in understanding, nevertheless are participative, who show effort, good will, and a lot of hard work. Students who have drive, who show interest, and who apply themselves to study are those who give meaning to the life of a teacher. They mak...