14th Sunday of Ordinary Time [C]
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME [C] You’re in the mood for a western, so you settle on a movie called The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). The title itself provides you with a kind of “heads-up.” They are revealing to you that Liberty Valance is going to be gunned down, at some point. Call it a “spoiler-alert.” Even as the character is being introduced, you already understand that his days are numbered. And it doesn’t bother you that his days are numbered. Almost immediately you’re developing a dislike for this Liberty Valance fellow. When he appears in a scene, you find yourself hoping that it’s going to be his last scene. Finally, ninety four minutes into the story, it happens. He’s gunned down. By whom? Well, that’s not an easy question to answer. There’s the official version and the unofficial version. Official credit is given to the character played by Jimmy Stewart. He accepts the credit, at least initially. The problem, however, is that new...