Stumbling Blocks

HOMILY26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (27 September 2009)Readings: Nm 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48I would like to begin by citing the parallels between the Gospel text and First Reading this Sunday.1. An unnamed man in the Gospel, and two men, Eldad and Medad, in the First Reading, were caught doing “unsanctioned” work of the Spirit. The former was driving out