DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Responsibility – Gratitude to God” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Tenants” to the chief priests and elders. Jesus exposed the evils of their greed for wealth and power; and that they would even want to kill the Messiah. Ponder on, “We are to use God’s abundant Blessings, with deep gratitude to praise, reverence and serve Him at all times.”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Matthew 21:33-38, 42-43
Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: ‘Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug a winepress in it and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad.
When vintage time drew near he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his servants, thrashed one, killed another and stoned a third. Next he sent some more servants, this time a larger number, and they dealt with 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 each other, “This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him and take over his inheritance.”
Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this is the Lord’s doing and we marvel at it? ‘I tell you, then, that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.’