Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Homily)
August 21, 2016 11:00 am · Sergio Muñoz Fita
A man remembered this event from his younger days. He relates how his mother was a cleaning fanatic. One Saturday she gave him and his older brother the chore to clean their bedrooms. She was not to happy with how messy they were. Finally the older brother exasperated with having to keep doing the same job over and over again until it was perfect, reached for a broom and asked his mother, "Can I use this or are you planning on going somewhere?" We don't know what happened next, we can imagine what happens actually.
Sometimes parents are overstrict, and sometime over lenient. It's hard to be perfect for any of us, we have to learn as we go along. But whatever imperfections parents have, mostly they are loving people, and are trying to do a good job. The reason they try so hard, is because they want us to learn how to live right. How to avoid doing things that are wrong, how can we grow to be successful in this life. Believe it or not that's what God want to teach us as well. Most of all He wants us to experience infinite happiness for all eternity. So our second reading today tells us, "Do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by Him".