The Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time September 28, 2014 St Ann Church Fairview, OK St Anthony of Padua Church OKeene, OK St Thomas Church Seiling, OK
Saint Ann, Fairview + Saint Anthony, Okeene + Saint Thomas, Seiling, OK
Ezekiel 18, 25-28 + Psalm 25 + Philippians 2, 1-11 + Matthew 21, 28-32
It is the day after the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem when he had gone straight to the Temple and disrupted the business there. Matthew tells us that he spent the night in Bethany and then returned the next morning to the Temple where he was teaching. The authorities storm up to him demanding to know by what authority and power he had behaved that way. They are angry and defensive. So they go on the offense in their confrontation with Jesus trying to make him defensive. It does not work. Calmly he responds with this parable. … more »