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𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘂𝘀. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴.
𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘂𝘀, 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲.
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀, 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁.
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All of Jesus’s conduct and teachings unfold within a reality the Gospels call the "Kingdom of God." Jesus both lived out and taught the Kingdom of God. Naturally, we Christians are called to follow that same path.
But what is the Kingdom of God?
Today’s Gospel parable reveals something of the nature of that Kingdom: gratuitousness. It is certainly not a territory—like the kingdoms of this earth—but rather a distinctive way of being and acting:
The way inaugurated by Jesus of Nazareth through his life, which, according to today’s parable, entails a different distribution of material goods.
The parable takes justice as its point of reference and teaches us that the Kingdom of God is characterized by the reign of gratuitousness—a quality that far surpasses justice.
And this is so for one reason:
Because the King—God—has always been, and remains, pure gratuitousness in His dealings with human beings. The same must be said of His emissary, Jesus of Nazareth.
Baldomero López Carrera
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🙏Matthew 20:1-16
Jesus told his disciples this parable,
"The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the workers a salary of a silver coin for the day, and sent them to his vineyard.
"He went out again at about nine in the morning, and seeing others idle in the square, he said to them:
'You, too, go to my vineyard and I will pay you what is just.'
So they went.
"The owner went out at midday and again at three in the afternoon, and he did the same. Finally he went out at the last working hour - it was the eleventh - and he saw others standing there.
So he said to them:
'Why do you stay idle the whole day?'
They answered:
'Because no one has hired us.'
The master said:
'Go and work in my vineyard.'
"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager:
'Call the workers and pay them
their wage, beginning with the last
and ending with the first.'
Those who had come to work at the eleventh hour turned up and were given a denarius each (a silver coin). When it was the turn of the first, they thought they would receive more. But they, too, received a denarius each. So, on receiving it, they began to grumble against the landowner. Gospelreflections subscription
"They said:
'These last hardly worked an hour,
yet you have treated them the same
as us who have endured the day's burden and heat.'
The owner said to one of them:
'Friend, I have not been unjust to you. Did we not agree on a denarius a day? So take what is yours and go. I want to give to the last the same as I give to you. Don't I have the right to do as I please with my money?
Why are you envious when I am kind?'
"So will it be: the last will be first,
the first will be last."....:∞♡*🙏
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1st Reading:
Isaiah 55:6-9:
God can always be found
I.1.
This reading belongs to "Deutero-Isaiah," an anonymous prophet of the Exile who insightfully interprets God's action in the history of the people and of humanity. The text used in today's liturgy is likely one of the most beautiful, striking, and well-known, particularly for the passage: "my ways are not your ways..."
In a sense, it serves as the final summary of chapters 40–55, which gather the oracles and exhortations of that anonymous prophet of the Exile whose mission was to lift the people's spirits.
I.2.
We are presented with a truly maternal call to seek God in our lives, for He is not as we imagine Him to be; He acts, in truth, with mercy. It is true that God was not always portrayed this way in Old Testament theology—often, He was depicted in negative terms.
Yet, this prophetic text challenges that type of theology.
In this instance, the prophet seeks to shock his contemporaries, who view God as terrifying, distant, and vengeful.
The Lord's ways, indeed, are not the ways of men;
Nor are His plans like ours.
Hence, the prophet urges the people to seek the Lord in order to escape their state of oppression in exile. A new "Exodus" is at hand—that is, a new path to liberation.
I.3.
Deutero-Isaiah is the one who has best articulated this specific character of the God of the Covenant—the God of whom Jesus speaks in his Gospel and in today’s parable. The aim, then, is to reveal God’s saving plan, a plan by which humanity has never truly been captivated.
It is as if some people wished for God to remain harsh and incomprehensible.
Yet the prophet expresses the exact opposite, and we are all called to seek Him and turn to Him, for He is near and, without a doubt, allows Himself to be found. God does not flee, nor hide, nor turn a blind eye to His people or to any one of us.
For He acts with *raham*—compassion. That is why it is worth seeking the Lord.
Second Reading:
Philippians (1:20–27):
"Living in Christ," or victory over death
II.1.
The day’s Second Reading is a passage of great Pauline depth. Paul is most likely a prisoner in Ephesus, confiding in his community at Philippi—a place he intends to visit. He has endured great hardship—perhaps standing at death’s door, whether in prison or due to persecution—and he speaks to them about what it means for him to "live in Christ," to be with Him, and to pray with Him.
He has experienced His saving presence in the very depths of his being and no longer fears death.
This is a high point of Pauline "eschatology" because, in the face of death, everything takes on a more personal and inevitable dimension.
II.2.
Paul no longer even expects a *Parousia*—the coming of the end of the world—as he did at other times in his earlier letters. He knows that death is close at hand, a possibility at any moment.
It is as if he wishes to affirm—and indeed, he states it emphatically—that he does not fear death because he places his trust in Christ, his Lord. He has experienced—and continues to experience—what it means to "live in Christ," and death opens a door to a life that no one can take away from him.
II.3.
He desires only to remain in this world, among his own, in order to serve the communities to which he has preached the Gospel. This is one of Paul’s passages of greatest importance for the theology of death and resurrection.
And, specifically, regarding what Christ Jesus is to Paul and what He signifies for the life and death of us all.
We might even illustrate this Pauline Christological choice with verses from Miguel de Unamuno—specifically from his *The Christ of Velázquez*—which express, better than anything else, the depth and profundity Paul achieved in this expression of "living in Christ."
For in Christ and with Christ, we are no longer victims of a fatal destiny; on the contrary, as Don Miguel wonderfully expresses:
"Without You, Jesus, we are born only to die; with You, we die in order to be born, and thus You begot us." This is a whole world of poetry, but even more so, a *kerygma*—a proclamation—by Unamuno that could certainly be Pauline.
Gospel:
Matthew (20:1–16):
Salvation: the "counter-cultural" mystery of love
III.1.
Matthew’s Gospel presents us with the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. It is one of the most significant parables Jesus used to expound the mystery of the Kingdom of God—how it was to become present, and how God Himself participated in this event that affects history and every individual who embraces His message.
In its final outcome, the parable bears a resemblance to the one found in Luke 15—the parable of the Prodigal Son. In reality, the subject is the same Person: God—whether as a father awaiting his son and offering him mercy, or as the owner of a vineyard seeking laborers throughout the day. The intermediate elements—the hours—should not distract us from the climactic moment intended to reveal that, precisely in the Kingdom of God, the decisive factor—namely, human salvation—does not operate according to the criteria of this world.
The narrative begins with a *gar* (Greek for "for"), which is undoubtedly intended to link up with Jesus’s saying in Matthew 19:30:
“Many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.”
It is a saying of profound significance, and the parable in our narrative serves to illustrate a concept that is highly disproportionate—or "counter-cultural," as is the current fashion in exegetical circles when discussing the nature and mindset of Jesus of Nazareth.
III.2.
One should bear in mind the words of Isaiah 55: "My ways are not your ways..."
It would be illogical to contrast the strict justice applied to those called at the first hour with the mercy or generosity shown to the last ones. Yet, that is precisely where the scandal—the counter-cultural element—lies:
That was not the way people thought in Jesus’ time, nor is it how they think now.
One might view this as a parable told in response to criticisms from the Pharisees—lifelong religious observers—who ultimately receive the same reward as the others. One could imagine a large-scale farmer during harvest time needing day laborers right up to the last minute to process the grapes, and paying them well.
But that is not the point; what stands out is that the vineyard owner is also generous toward the very last workers he hired. In reality, the narrative does not seem to require hiring right up to the last minute; it is an extra gesture the owner allows himself, and that is where the emphasis lies. That is how the Kingdom works—unlike the world—and that is how justice is administered in a way completely different from any other institution.
Therefore, while turning to this parable to shed theological light on social justice and productivity is not a mistake, it is not the most apt approach to reading and interpreting it.
III.3.
To better understand the parable, one must keep in mind that a "sun-up to sun-down" workday consisted of twelve hours, usually divided into three-hour blocks. Let us assume, for instance, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The first laborers were hired at 6:00 a.m., and the last ones at 5:00 p.m.—the eleventh hour. That is why the vineyard owner asks them:
"Why have you been standing here idle all day?" We can envision the historical context of this parable of Jesus—reflecting his attitude of welcoming and embracing sinners—in contrast to the legalistic and puritanical mindset of those who policed the laws of purity and holiness.
Likewise, we can surmise an ecclesial context within Matthew’s community, where the author seeks to explain to certain Jewish Christians that the calling of the Gentiles—and their generous response—has placed them on the same footing regarding salvation as the Jewish believers themselves. Every aspect of the parable is both startling and original.
The great master of parable interpretation, J. Jeremias, highlights the contrast between this parable of Jesus and one found in the Jerusalem Talmud concerning Rabbi Bun bar Hiyya. He died young, and the person delivering his eulogy praised him because, in just a few years, he had accomplished what others took a hundred years to achieve.
However, this is not the case with the parable of the laborers in the vineyard who are called at the last hour:
Nothing is said about their efficiency or dedication.
III.4.
The parable aims to teach one single, decisive thing:
«This is what God is like regarding salvation.»
Nothing else is superfluous; rather, everything else serves this truly scandalous idea. This is the God of Jesus; this is the radical message of the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven. In the rabbinic parable found in the Talmud, there is only one worker who arrives at the last hour, yet he has worked just as much as the others who had been engaged in the task for a longer time. In the Gospel parable, the workers—in the plural—who arrived at the last hour have no merit whatsoever, yet they are given what they undoubtedly needed for their families and their lives.
It is quite possible that they did not deserve that wage from the standpoint of simple or productive justice, but through God’s goodness, they received "gratuitously" what they needed. Such is the God of Jesus; such is the God of salvation; such is the God of "my plans are not your plans, my ways are not your ways."
All the day laborers were able to bring their daily bread home—some through justice, others through generosity.
But this happens only in the Kingdom of God—the Kingdom of life, salvation, forgiveness, mercy, and solidarity. Herein lies the counter-cultural nature of the God of Jesus.
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𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.
𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀.
𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿.
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