September 20, 2026
Is 55:6-9; Phil 1:20c-24,27; Mt 20:1-16a
Homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year “A”
This Gospel passage is not a treatise on social justice. It does not speak of the just wage to be paid to wage earners, but concerns the Gentiles who will receive the Good News and be the first to enter the Kingdom, while the Jews, for the most part, will reject this Good News. The Church Fathers found so many allegorical applications in it that we are undoubtedly permitted to apply it allegorically to our current situation as well.