August 20 - Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Jgs.9:6-15; Ps.21:2-7; Mt.20:1-16) “The last shall be first and the first shall be last.” Jesus, the Son of God and true King, who is first, has made Himself last, and so for His humility will be exalted forever; Abimalech, rebellious son of Gideon, who is least of all his brothers, has made himself first, and so will be humbled for his vain pride. In our first reading Jotham curses his brother Abimalech from the mountaintop as this least of the trees is anointed king after having murdered all other of his brothers. (There were seventy sons of the judge Gideon – who himself refused…
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