We all have that core childhood memory of being told to share when we really, really didn’t want to. It was hard back then to be generous with our stuff, and for most of us, it still is. Simply put, ...

“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. After he agreed with the workers to pay them a denarion, he sent them into his vineyard.

Many prayers are associated with St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose feast day is July 31. (While churches and other apostolates under the care of the Jesuits, for whom Ignatius is the patron, celebrate his ...

Readings: Isaiah 55:6-9; Psalm 145, R. The Lord is near to all who call upon him.; Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a:- Gospel – Matthew 20: 1-16a Our Gospel for this Sunday is another Parable on the Kingdom ...

In today’s Gospel, we read the parable of the generous landowner, which builds on themes of mercy using images of economic and social disparities. This parable has several interpretive possibilities.

Reduced to its essence, today’s parable is a lesson in humility. Everything we have is God’s gift, and God is generous beyond compare. We are his servants, his “useless” servants (Luke 17:10). By ...

A Lesson in the Generosity of God and the Meanness of ManThe parable of the laborers in the master’s vineyard presents us with something of a dilemma, doesn’t it? On the one hand, we entirely ...

We tend to resent the message of the parable of the vineyard, but it’s about God’s great generosity, not about what we’re owed. This sermon was the second-to-last sermon of an eight-week series on the ...