friarmusings

How many times have you heard today’s Gospel of the landowner who went out to hire laborers for his vineyard? Sometimes the homily focuses on a contrast between God’s generosity and our sense of fairness. Sometimes the theme is ‘it’s never too late’. Both are good insights about the parable. At some level we can all relate to the workers that were there at the crack of dawn a...

This coming Sunday is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. One of the things to appreciate about the gospels and their content within is to remember that Sacred Scripture is the Word of God, committed to writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, using the powers an...

Note: this homily is for the parish elementary school Mass using Is 46:6 and Matthew 6:25-33

There are two words that have more power than you imagine. These t...

This coming Sunday is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The workday is over and wages have been distributed. Not surprisingly, the workers in the vineyard who worked the whole day are less than pleased. Brian Stoffregen describes the three complaints of the first hired:...

This coming Sunday is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The work day is over and now it is time to distribute the wages for all the workers. It is interesting that it is the “manager” or “steward” (epitropos), not the owner, who calls the workers and gives...