Gospel:
Matthew 20:1-16
Jesus
told his disciples this parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who
went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them
for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine
o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them,
‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’ So they went
off. And he went out again around noon, and around three o’clock, and did
likewise.
Going out
about five o’clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do
you stand here idle all day?’ They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He
said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard.’ When it was evening the owner of
the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay,
beginning with the last and ending with the first.’ When those who had started about five o’clock
came, each received the usual daily wage.
So when
the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each of them
also got the usual wage. And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner,
saying, ‘These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to
us, who bore the day’s burden and the heat.’ He said to one of them in reply,
‘My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual
daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the
same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you
envious because I am generous?’ Thus, the last will be first, and the first
will be last.”
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Reflection:
Do you
sometimes think that God is not treating you fairly? For example, you are
faithful to Him and even serve Him. Yet you don’t get what you’ve been wanting
to receive from Him.
The
actions of God are unfathomable there are times that HIS decisions are hard for
us to comprehend. But that’s how God is; HE does not think the way we think. HE
doesn’t decide the way we decide. God is infinite and we are simply finite.
There are
even some who would think that God is an absentee God. Because how come many
corrupt people are getting richer by the day? And those who are poor are
getting poorer by the day?
We will
not be able to comprehend the actions of God no matter how hard we try to
comprehend it, we will not! But come to think of it, who are we to question
God? We are mere mortals with a very limited shelf life in this world.
Instead
of questioning the mysterious actions of God in our lives, why not simply work
hard, be a good and faithful follower
and trust HIM our lives? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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