OF DAY AND LIGHT, NOT OF DARKNESS AND NIGHT!
33 rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) November 13, 2011 Today’s liturgy speaks as much of simple things as of seemingly insignificant matters. The first reading talks about the simplicity of a worthy wife , described as a “ value beyond pearls .” The second reading talks about the deep, yet humble significance of the “ times and seasons ,” events in our everyday experience that we tend to take for granted. It also speaks about such mundane matters as day and night, darkness and light … again, realities that we hardly take notice of. The Gospel makes much too, of what people in Jesus’ times most likely took for granted – the reality of servants who often would be left alone to fend for themselves, while their masters went away on long journeys. But more than just that, it speaks about something so simple and commonplace as the value of accountability, the good practice of stewardship, along with the virtue of responsibility. But there are values and there are values … For thei...