Bulletin Shorts for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 20 September 2020

Isaiah 55:6-9.  Psalm 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18.  Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a.  Matthew 20:1-16a.

How Things Work in the Kingdom of Heaven.  This parable about kingdom living may rile us up.  God is as generous to the late-comers to kingdom work as to those who labored longer and, perhaps, harder.  Really?  It is true.  God is so generous, so loving, so good – with ways above our ways and thoughts above our thoughts (reread Isaiah).

• What work will I do to help bring on the Kingdom of Heaven?
• How will I pour myself into Christian living without grumbling?
• How can I be generous to a fault like God this week?

This post was first published on the worship pages of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois website.
Sunday Prayer Shaping Life and Belief
Written by Eliot Kapitan.

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