1 March, 2024 | Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Reading :Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a
Gospel Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
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.
Reflections:
The gospel reminds that God, the vineyard owner was building his kingdom for giving it to humankind so that it could bear fruit. As time came human beings had already desired their own selfish ways. God sent his word through his chosen prophet but those in power and without faith sought to kill the prophet. God still in compassion and mercy sent his own son whom they also rejected and killed acatually is and will be the cornerstone of the kingdom, of his plan of salvation. Lord Jesus help me to gaze at your cross for next few weeks with love.
Activity
Try to be the cornerstone of the Lord's vineyard that bears fruit.
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