Friday, March 22, 2019
2nd Week of Lent
Patrick
1st Reading: Gen 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 Gospel:
Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
Jesus said to the chief priests and elders, “Listen to another example: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. (…) When harvest time came, the landowner sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the harvest. But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another and stoned another.
Again the owner sent more servants, but they were treated in the same way.
“Finally, he sent his son, thinking: ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they thought: ‘This is the one who is to inherit the vineyard. Let us kill him and his inheritance will be ours.’ So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
“Now, what will the owner of the vineyard do with the tenants when he comes?” They said to him, “He will bring those evil men to an evil end, and lease the vineyard to others who will pay him in due time.”
And Jesus replied, “Have you never read what the Scriptures say? The stone which the builders rejected has become the keystone. This was the Lord’s doing; and we marvel at it. Therefore I say to you: the kingdom of heaven will be taken from you and given to a people who will yield a harvest.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard these parables, they realized that Jesus was referring to them. They would have arrested him, but they were afraid of the crowd who regarded him as a prophet.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
The landowner of today’s Gospel reading sent his only son to appease his protesting tenants. He thought to himself: ‘They will respect my son.’ But the tenants had a different take about the son. They thought, “This is the one who is to inherit the vineyard. Let us kill him and his inheritance will be ours.” And so they killed him.
This story highlights contrasting values that polarize people. To the honest landowner his son was worth respecting. To the corrupt tenants his son was worth eliminating. Two people with opposing sets of values will reason out differently. They hardly come to terms on any issue. This is the root of the many evils in the world. God’s plan won’t materialize if human thoughts are misaligned with his Will.
What values have you imbibed from the past? If bad, snap the chain and cleanse the generational channel with values respectful of God’s designs. If good, spread the good vibes until your good frequencies resonate and take other people’s values to the plane of the divine. When our values are aligned our thoughts create powerful waves to preserve God’s vineyard on earth. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M.
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