WHAT RETURN SHOULD I MAKE?
27 th Sunday Year A October 5, 2014 WHAT RETURN SHOULD I MAKE? I love dogs. I once had 5 of them – in stark contrast to now that I only have two. I think I take good care of them. I say this because the readings today speak also of love and solicitude – the overwhelming love of God for a people represented by a vineyard on a fertile hillside. Isaiah tells us that there was nothing the vineyard’s owner did not do for his vineyard. But Isaiah goes on … the vineyard did not produce as expected. And there was nothing that could lead anyone to question the reaction of the sorely disappointed owner. “Tell me,” Isaiah seemed to say, “could you blame me for feeling this way?” One reason I like dogs is they ostensibly seem to know how to return attention for attention; loyalty for tender loving care; obedience in return for its master’s solicitude. We all want to feel important time and again. We all want to feel attended to and followed loyally once in a while. And ...