What is fair?
From today’s Scripture: “You, too, go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.”—Mt 20:4
A mother gives a little something extra to her child who seems to need it. In comes a sibling’s complaint: “That’s not fair!” How many times have we heard that one? How many times have I said that myself! I tend to decide what’s fair and what’s not in my life. Maybe I depend upon a shared understanding among the people closest to me. But that’s never the final word, is it? A parent’s measure, indeed God’s measure, goes beyond our limited understanding. What doesn’t seem fair to me might just be fine with God.
Let us pray: Help me, Lord, to get beyond personal privilege. Help me to conform myself to your sense of justice, that surely is broader than my own.
Today’s author is John Feister, an award-winning journalist and member of Glenmary’s Communications Team.
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