Coming this very Sunday to a church near you: greed, truth, betrayal, honor, murder, justice!

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The first lesson this Sunday, from Isaiah, paints a pastoral vineyard scene followed by the disappointment of the owner when the crop fails.  Another vineyard, in the gospel, is home to jealousy, greed, intrigue, betrayal and murder. There's quite a contrast in the second reading which offers us what's true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, gracious and worthy of praise.   There's symbolism at every turn here and reading over these texts before you hear them at Mass will be very helpful.


So plan now to put aside some time to read this Sunday's scriptures and background material on them.

Got kids? There's help for them, too, and giving them a "tease" of what they'll be hearing at Mass might just be the thing to prime them for more listening and less fidgeting during the liturgy of the Word.

(The image above shows us a typical watchtower from a vineyard. During harvest time, the vineyard owner might camp in the tower with his family, keeping an eye out for those who might steal from him.)


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