GOD’S GENEROSITY
Homily for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20-24, 27; Matthew 20:1-16 There are moments when another person’s blessing can make us question our own. We may rejoice when someone succeeds, until we begin to feel that their success somehow diminishes ours. We compare our sacrifices, our years of service, our struggles and even our relationship with God. This is one of the subtle forms of envy that can enter the human heart. Today’s Gospel challenges precisely this attitude. Jesus tells the story of a landowner who goes out at different times of the day to hire workers for his vineyard. Some begin at dawn, others at nine, noon and three, while the last group is hired at about five in the afternoon. At the end of the day, however, everyone receives the same wage (Mt 20:1-10). The reaction of those who worked all day is understandable from a human perspective. They complain because those who worked for only one ho...
