August 26 - Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Thes.3:6-10,16-18; Ps.128:1-2,4-5; Mt.23:27-32) "You shall eat the fruit of your handiwork." "Anyone who would not work should not eat" was the rule laid down by Paul among the Thessalonians. A man must earn his bread. And as on earth, so in heaven. For who shall come to the fruits of the kingdom if they are not as Paul, who has labored "to the point of exhaustion" for the sake of the reign of God? This is the "straight path" laid down for us by all the apostles: in the Lord's name we must walk "day and night." It is work which produces fruit. And what fruit will the scribes and Pharisees…
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