26 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME – A – 2023
Ø In the previous Sundays Jesus taught
us about fraternal love
Ø And about how different are the ways of God from our
waysle o
Ø Today the Lord tells us a very short
parable about the two sons,
Ø One said no, but did what the father
asked him, the other said yes but did not do it
Ø Which one are we? Maybe we are both.
FIRST
READING – Ez 18:25-28
v God says to the prophet and through
him, to everyone.
v If the just choses to follow what is
sinful and wrong, in so doing he is killing himself
v Maybe he continues to live like
everybody else, but his spirit is dead.
v But if turns away from his wrong path
and does good, he has saved his life,
v God always waits for us, he also
seeks us an call us, like Jesus told us in the parable of the lost sheep.
v When we return to him we live because
he is life.
v Let us always remember his love and
that he never gets tired of seeking us and forgiving our sins.
v He loves us, he is our Creator, our
Redemer, our Teacher, our companion in
life.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
R. (6a) Remember your mercies, O Lord.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
R. Remember your mercies, O Lord.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your love are from of old.
The sins of my youth and my frailties remember not;
in your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.
R. Remember your mercies, O Lord.
Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
and teaches the humble his way.
R. Remember your mercies, O Lord.
The congregation gathered in the Eucharistic celebration next Sunday will repeat the humble and trusting supplication “remember your mercies, O Lord.”
WWE hope in God our creator and our savior; He will lead us through the right path.
ü We
know he will remember us and thus we call upon him.
ü And
all of this because the Lord is just and kind, he reveals himself to the
humble.
ü We
know that, but we need to repeat it over and over to attain peace and trust in
our loving Father.
GOSPEL
Mt 21:28-32
Ø Jesus addresses the high priests and elders of
his people, the highest representatives of the chosen people
Ø What is your opinion?
….. go to work in my vineyard … yes sir … but the eldest son did not go
…… go to work in my vineyard … I do not want to …. But the youngest son changed his mind and went …
….. which one of the two made the will of his father? The second one they said.
Ø And now Jesus will share with them what is
dearest to his heart: the sinners of all sorts, those we despised because they
are sinners because we think that we are holy; they have taken the first place
in the road to God before those who live very secure in their own “holiness and
justice.”
Ø And he tells them something they had all been
witnesses of: John was austere, strong, demanding…. And you did not believe
him, but the prostitutes believed….
Ø Does that same situation happen in our Christian
communities? How do we look at those who
living a life of sin, one day they have
encountered the Lord and want to follow him? Do we make it easy for them or do
we continue to mistrust them not sharing
our groups and ministries with them? ….
SECOND
READING : Phil 2:1-11
Paul
invokes the love that the community of Philippi has for him and the love he has
for the community.
And
he asks them to give him the joy to see the community united .
And
he continues recommending them to do nothing for rivalry, or vainglory, but to
act with humility, that is, in truth.
And
he asks them something else, to look at the others as superior to them, not
because they have a better education, or they belong to a higher social class,
no, he simply says to consider the others superior to oneself. And this first
paragraph ends inviting the community of Philippi to have the same attitude as
Christ Jesus.
Who
being God became one like us. The people in his town saw him as the carpenter’s
son and of Mary, being carpenter himself. He was not important….
Let
us reflect on this during this coming week.
All of
this for our sake.
CLARETIAN CORNER
There are
many kinds of poor, among them, he dedicated a special attention to the common prisoners. He had frequent personal contacts dignifying
them with the dedication of his time, his concern and pastoral care. I visited prison
inmates; I catechized and preached them very often, and then gave each one a
peseta, and so they listened to me with pleasure... He writes in his Plan of Reformation. They shall be kept in every comfort possible
and instructed in religion and morals, they shall be given a mechanical
occupation and part of their earnings shall be allocated to the establishment
and the rest shall be given to the prisoner on the day of his departure, so
that this prison sentence will have been for him a principle of his happiness,
he will be instructed in religion and morals and in trade to earn his
livelihood and with money to undertake it, and the once pernicious member comes
to be from prison useful to himself and to society. He became spokesman for the project
"Workshops in the prisons of the province of Cuba". (Galerón)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GALERÓN, María Soledad RMI. Llamada que la Memoria de Significativos Acontecimientos Históricos Congregacionales nos hacen Hoy. Santiago de Cuba 2023.
PAGOLA, José A. El camino abierto
por Jesús. PPC 2012
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