Monthly Archives: September 2017

• 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time A

  Posted on September 23, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday Gospels

        The grumbling of those who have worked all day is similar to the grumbling of the elder Brother in the Parable of the Prodigal Son.  Like the Prodigal Son we never know what they did in response to the owner’s answer.       Act I: hirings.     At the outset there is a […]

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• 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time A

  Posted on September 13, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday Gospels

    INTRODUCTION:  We continue to hear this Sunday from Jesus’ discourse on  life in the community of his followers.  Last Sunday we heard about the process of fraternal correction for a person not willing to stop sinning and not willing to leave the community.  This Sunday we hear how to deal with the person who […]

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• 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time A

  Posted on September 3, 2017 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday Gospels

  Introduction:  This Sunday we hear from the fourth of Jesus’ discourses in the Gospel of Matthew.  Matthew has five discourses. We have already heard from the Sermon on the Mount chs. 5-7; The Mission discourse in chapter 10; the Parable Discourse in chapter 13. Today we jump to the 18th chapter. This is the fourth […]

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