Tuesday 16 December 2025
Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13. The Lord hears the cry of the poor – Ps 33(34):2-3, 6-7, 16, 18-19, 23. Matthew 21:28-32.
Love makes demands on us
Today’s Gospel always makes me think of my brother (and 16 December 2025 is his birthday so even more so). Mum would ask him to do something and he would say, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it’, but didn’t. Mum used to say that what angered her the most about this was that he was dishonest with her. If he wasn’t going to do what she asked, why not be honest about it? He said that he was busy and didn’t want to be disturbed and would get to it when he got to it. He couldn’t understand why Mum was so frustrated with him. So, I guess my reflection on today’s Gospel is that God (and our mums) ask us to do things sometimes that get in the way of what we want, but if we truly love them we do it.
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