Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear
another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge
around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to
tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his
servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the
servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again
he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated
them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will
respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another,
‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They
seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?”
They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and
lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper
times. Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures:The stone that
the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been
done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?
Therefore, I say to you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you
and given to a people that will produce its fruit. When the chief priests and
the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them.
And although they were attempting to arrest him, they feared the crowds, for
they regarded him as a prophet.
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Reflection:
What is your mission as far as your faith life in this world is
concerned? It’s to pay forward or share whatever you know about your faith.
It’s to give life to your faith by not keeping it to yourself. And it’s to generously
share whatever you know about your faith.
In our gospel for today, Jesus gives us the parable of the tenants
who were entrusted by the landowner of his property. Before the landowner left
them he first ensured that they already have all that they would need to make
them productive. And so the landowner left and when harvest time came the
landowner was demanding his share from the tenants.
We are the tenants which Jesus is speaking about in the gospel. The
land or property that Jesus has entrusted to us is no other than our faith.
What have we done so far to the gift of faith that He has entrusted us? Have we
already shared it? Or we are still up to know keeping it to ourselves?
If we want to grow in faith we have to humbly share it for it is in
sharing our faith that we would grow in faith. It is in sharing our faith that
would make us productive followers of Jesus. Many are still not properly
educated as far as their faith life is concerned and many are Catholics in name
only. And who is to blame for this lack of education of our catholic faith? We
are partly to be blamed because many of us have not yet shared the gift of
faith that Jesus has entrusted us.
But it’s not yet late for we still have time. Therefore we have to
do something, start first by inviting your family to go to Holy Mass. Then
gently teach them with whatever you know about the Bible and your catholic
faith.
Have courage to do this for God’s blessings will be upon you. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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