God Does Not Think the Way People Do.(Sermon/Homily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 24th September 2023
God Does Not Think the Way People Do.(Sermon/Homily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 24th September 2023 Isaiah 55:6-9. Psalm 145:2-3,8-9,17-18. Philippians 1:20c-24,27a. Matthew 20:1-16. Theme: God Does Not Think the Way People Do. The message of today's Gospel may confuse us. Looking at the Gospel from the human point of view, it appears that the owner of the vineyard was unjust, especially to those who were first invited to work in his vineyard. The first reading puts us on our guard against trying to pull God down to our level. The prophet Isaiah tells us in the first reading, "For my thoughts are are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isa.55:8-9). God's thoughts are not our thoughts. But his thoughts are far from ours as heaven is far from the earth. In today's Gospel, Jesus told his disciples the parabl...