TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR A
Readings
First: Isaiah 55:6-9 - The prophet tells people to seek the Lord, who is rich in forgiving. ... My ways are not your ways.
Psalm 144 - The Lord is close to all who call him / I will bless you day after day / The Lord is kind and full of compassion / The Lord is just in all his ways.
Second: Philippians 1:20-24, 27 - Life to me is Christ ... avoid anything in your everyday lives that would be unworthy of the gospel of Christ.
Gospel: Matthew 20: 1-16 - Parable of the vineyard workers - the last shall be first and the first shall be last.
Themes
God's love for us. Generosity. God's ways vs human ways.
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Picture: "Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard" (1637), by Rembrandt (1606-1669), in Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Public Domain.
