WHAT WE DO, NOT WHAT WE SAY WE WOULD DO!
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) September 28, 2008 Catholic Homily/Sunday Reflection/Gospel Reflection Readings: Ez 18:25-28 / Phil 2:1-11 / Mt 21:28-32 We all love people who mean what they say – people who do as they promise; who fulfill what they say they would do. As a child, I used to make tantrums when my parents or anybody older would make a little promise and then would forget about it. Disappointment would usually follow when that happens. Today’s first reading seems no stranger to disappointment. The chosen people, disappointed that they are getting their just deserts after misbehaving, have the gall to complain: The Lord’s ways are not fair! Through Ezekiel, Yahweh tries to correct that misplaced disappointment. No, it is not God who is unfair, but us who do evil deeds in his sight. Evil deeds… iniquity… and death as an aftereffect of that iniquity… sounds fair enough, doesn’t it? We reap what we sow. We get what we deserve. Tit for tat. Measure for measure. An eye for an e...