26th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Marin Luther King Jr. said: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is this: What are you doing for others.” Today’s readings all seem to be centered on actions, about the choices we make, about which path we decide to follow. Do we follow the path Jesus set for us or do we veer to the path unknown? Or the path of least resistance?
I love the opening line in the first reading: “The Lord’s way is not fair.” Well, is that true or is it our ways, our wills that are not fair as scripture asks us? Often, in my much younger days, one of my 9 siblings and I would wonder about how much easier our lives would be if our parents had not raised us to be kind to others, to be fair. My sister and I were very close and both of us were searching for answers in our faith.
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