Today's Gospel is a story we have heard countless times and is even alluded to within the passage that the Master is the God the Father, who sends his servants, the prophets, that are run off. Then he sends his only son to the tenants, who then kill him, as did truly would through his Crucifixion.
The question then becomes, which characters in the story are we? Are we servants who come to the tenants on the Lords behalf? Are we the tenants trying to live ordinary lives, worried about day to day living and thinking of ways to acquire wealth to live comfortably?
In reading a newsletter with an article by Fr. John Hampsch I chucked because we sometimes get into thoughts, like, if this was my last day, what would I do, or what is on my bucket list that I can accomplish now? We focus so much on the doing. Fr. Hampsch pointed out, that we ought to be looking at instead, how will God see us on the day we die? In thinking about that, how tricky since none of us knows the day nor hour of our death except the Father in Heaven. How then can we put forth our best selves so that we'd be prepared at a moment's notice to meet the father?
Perhaps the answer lies in today's parable. If we are those to whom the master sends his servants and his son, wouldn't it be wise then, to be good stewards, to be hospitable to others, to live honestly, to act justly?
Today in thinking of those Veterans who fought for our rights, our freedoms, I think of my grandfather and Godfather who fought in WWII. They had horrible tales, the worst of which were never shared, but they also had tales of hope and hospitality from strangers in both Europe and in the Philippines. We are all called to be good stewards in our different vocations in life. May we rise to the expectation set by Our Father.
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