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Reflections
for Sunday, September 28, 2008
The purpose of this parable was to
give a wake-up call to the chief
priests and elders. Telling them that
tax collectors and prostitutes would
enter the kingdom of God before
them would have definitely gotten
their attention. However, the reaction
to this news is of most importance.
What would our reaction be to this
statement if we were in the position
of the chief priests and elders?
Would pride or fear paralyze us from
assessing our lives and considering
our failing? Are we like the brother
who first said -- No -- and then
changed his heart and said --Yes? If
so have we lost that spirit of
newness, thanksgiving, and humility
that we celebrated at our
conversion?
If pride or fear has stopped us from
a deeper conversion of heart what
steps can we take to change that?
Those steps usually do not resemble
extraordinary epic moments. Rather
they are small goals that are set and
met. They include purifying our
hearts in the sacrament of
reconciliation; resolving to put words
into actions each morning before
stepping out of bed; declaring
interiorly that people will be able to
identify you as a follower of Christ
simply by your Christian actions and
not by empty words or pious
gestures; by living a life filled with
the joy that doing the will of the
Father brings.
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