A homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2018
In memory of the late playwright Neil Simon, let’s start with a scene from the TV version of “The Odd Couple.”
Neat-freak Felix is trying – once again – to get sloppy Oscar to get his act together.
Felix says this; Oscar says no. Felix tries a different argument; Oscar, uhn-huh.
Finally, Felix says, “Oscar, this is for your own good!” And Oscar replies, “Every time something was for my own good … none of it was for my own good!”
Sound familiar?